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Definition of Amazon River

1. Noun. A major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amazon River

Literary usage of Amazon River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"The part of Brazil lying between the three Guayanas and the lower Amazon river, and bounded on the east by the sea, and on the west by the rio Negro, ..."

2. Through Five Republics (of South America): A Critical Description of by Percy Falcke Martin (1906)
"... CHAPTER V Brazilian ports—The Amazon River—Manaos Harbour—The harbour works ... from which Manaos is reached 1000 miles up the Amazon River; Maranhao; ..."

3. Annotations Upon Popular Hymns by Charles Seymour Robinson (1893)
"For the fact was they were at the very moment m the mouth of the Amazon River, where the stream ran fresh ..."

4. Primary Geography by Alex Everett Frye (1894)
"Amazon River. What large river near the equator flows towards the east ? Where does the Amazon river rise ? Should you like to sail up the Amazon river ? ..."

5. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1850)
"Journal of an Excursion from SANTAREM, on the AMAZON River, to OBIDOS and the Ilio TROMBETAS ; by RICHARD SPRUCE, ..."

6. Documents Relating to the Question of Boundary Between Venezuela and British by Venezuela (1896)
"... toward the Amazon river. He answered that they did not contend for more, nor could they, because in the very treaty of Utrecht it had been specified ..."

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