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Amazon River print that page

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The Amazon River (US) or River Amazon (UK) ( Portuguese : Rio Amazonas ; Spanish : Río Amazonas ; pronounced /ˈæməzɒn/ (US); /ˈæməzən/ (UK)) of South America is the largest river in the world with a total discharge greater than the next ten largest rivers combined. The

Manaus print that page

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with the name of Cidade da Barra do Rio Negro , Portuguese for "The City of the Margins of Black River ". Only on September 4 of 1856 did it revert to its current name. [ 2 ] It was known at the beginning of the century, as Heart of the Amazon and City of the Forest . [ 3 ] Currently its

Timeline of Amazon history print that page

Here is a brief timeline of historical events in the Amazon River valley, from the time of European discovery to 2005. [ edit ] Timeline 1492 – Christopher Columbus discovers the New World , some 14,000 to 40,000 years after the Indians . In 1498, he enters the Orinoco River estuary

History of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute print that page

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from the crown in 1821 and 1819, respectively, the dispute over ownership of territories in the Amazon basin led to war in 1828 . It was decided that the border would be the same one that existed between the Spanish viceroyalties of Peru and New Granada . The Republic of Ecuador seceded

Peruvian Amazon print that page

The Peruvian Amazon is the area of the Amazon jungle that is confined within the territory of Peru , from the east of the Andes to borders with Ecuador , Colombia , Brazil and Bolivia . This region comprises 60% of the country and is an area with great and unique biodiversity. The Peruvian

Geography of Brazil print that page

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States . Much of the climate is tropical, with the south being relatively temperate . The largest river in Brazil, and one of the longest in the world, is the Amazon . The rainforest that covers the Amazon Basin constitutes almost half of the rainforests on Earth. Geographic coordinates

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Founded in 1616 by the Portuguese , Belém was the first European colony on the Amazon but did not become part of Brazil until 1775. Its metropolitan area has approximately 2.09 million inhabitants. It is also known as Metropolis of the Brazilian Amazon region or Cidade das Mangueiras

Amazon Rainforest print that page

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The Amazon rainforest (in Portuguese , Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia ; Spanish : Selva Amazónica or Amazonia ), also known as Amazonia or Amazon jungle , is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America . This basin encompasses seven million square

Brazil print that page

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Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of over 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi). [ 8 ] It is bordered on the north by Venezuela , Guyana , Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana ; on the northwest by Colombia ; on the west by Bolivia and Peru

Francisco de Orellana print that page

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by Pizarro and repopulated by Sebastián de Belalcázar . [ edit ] First exploration of the Amazon River Shipwrights from Francisco de Orellana 's expedition building a small brigantine , the San Pedro . He was one of Gonzalo Pizarro 's lieutenants during his 1541 expedition east