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Amazon River

The Amazon’s source is in Calillona, Peru and the rivers mouth is in north east Brazil, emptying into the Atlantic. Its only the earth’s second longest river (to the Nile), but the largest by volume and width, in some places its ten kilometress wide. Regular flooding of the Amazon River brings essential nutrients to the Amazon Rainforest, home to a myriad of exotic wildlife and marine life, including piranhas, macaws, toucans, leopards and anacondas. It is also home to many Indian tribes who have evolved with the river and the rainforest and have a vast collective knowledge of plant traits and uses. You can see the river up close on an adventure cruise and there are small settlements at several points along its journey. You can also go kayaking or rafting on it.

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