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Where Is The Amazon River On A World Map

Amazon River Facts, History, Location, Length, Animals,.. VeebThe vast Amazon basin (Amazonia), the largest lowland in Latin America, has an area of about 2.7 million square miles (7 million square km) and is nearly twice as large as that of the Congo River, the Earth ’s other great equatorial drainage system.

Amazon River Facts, History, Location, Length, Animals,.
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Recent geological studies suggest that for millions of years the Amazon River used to flow in the opposite direction from east to west. Eventually the Andes Mountains formed, blocking its flow to the Pacific Ocean, and causing it to switch directions to its current mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. During what many archaeologists called the formative stage, Amazonian societi…

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