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Amazon River cultural definition

River in South America with headwaters in northern Peru. It flows across northern Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean.

  • The world's second-longest river, after the Nile, it flows nearly four thousand miles and carries more water than any other river in the world.
  • It was named after the Amazons, legendary female warriors.

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