Claim: South America is home to the Amazon River, the largest river in the world.
Evidence: The geography of western South America is dominated by the Andes mountains ; in contrast , the eastern part contains both highland regions and large lowlands where rivers such as the Amazon , Orinoco , and Paraná flow.
The Amazon River , usually abbreviated to Amazon -LRB- -LSB- ˈæməzɒn -RSB- or -LSB- ˈæməzən -RSB- Spanish and Amazonas -RRB- , in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world and according to some authors , the longest in length.