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Amazon River near Parintins, Brazil. This is a list of rivers of the Americas, it includes major historical or physiological significant rivers of the Americas grouped by region where they are located (Central America, Northern America, West Indies and South Americas).
South America satellite orthographic Map of South America. (1750) Geograph: Robert de Vaugondy. ... The other major river of this central lowland is the Orinoco River
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. [3] [19] [n 2]
' River of Silver '), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and forms a funnel-shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of South America .
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Map of the Amazon Basin with the Madeira River highlighted. The Madeira River (Portuguese: Rio Madeira [maˈdejɾɐ]) is a major waterway in South America.It is estimated to be 1,450 km (900 mi) in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near 3,250 km (2,020 mi) [4] or 3,380 km (2,100 mi) in length depending on the measuring party and their methods.
The Orinoco (Spanish pronunciation:) is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km (1,330 mi). [2] Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, [5] covers ca 1 million km 2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and the 35% in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the world by discharge volume of water.
Amazon River Basin (the southern Guianas, not marked on this map, are a part of the basin) The mouth of the Amazon River. The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [1] or about 35.5 percent of the South ...