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•The Amazon River is located in South America. It runs through Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. •There are no bridges that cross the Amazon, mostly because there is no need, the majority of the Amazon River runs through rainforests rather than roads or cities.

•The largest city along the Amazon River is Manaus. Located in Brazil it is home to over 1.7 million people.

•There are over 3000 known species of fish that live in the Amazon River, with more constantly being discovered.

•Anacondas lurk in the shallow waters of the Amazon Basin, they are one of the largest snakes in the world and occasionally attack larger animals such as goats that get to close the water.

•The Amazon River is also home to the piranha, a meat eating type of fish! Being carnivores, piranhas are known to attack in groups, preying on livestock that strays into the water and possibly appearing in one or two of your own nightmares

As with the Nile, the people who lived along the

Amazon in ancient times used the river for agriculture

and transportation.

That hasn't changed.

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The Amazon is the world's second-longest river at 3,980 miles. But the Amazon is one of the widest rivers on Earth, at times six whole miles wide. A full 20 percent of the water that pours out of the planet's rivers into the oceans comes from the Amazon. The Amazon dominates South America, collecting water from 40 percent of the continent, in the form of thousands of tributaries, many of which are themselves more than 1000 miles long.

The Amazon River is part of a larger area called the Amazon Rainforest, which has a unique assortment of plants and animals. In some spots, the vegetation is so dense that sunlight can't reach the rainforest floor.

Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana gave the river its name and was the first European to travel the length of the river. In 1541-2, he and his men encountered a tribe of fierce women who reminded him of the story from ancient Greece about Amazons, who were warrior women. Perhaps to warn later travelers about these fierce women, he named the river Amazon.

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