[DOC] [TLE] Amazon River - Wikipedia [PAR] The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge of water in 
the world, and according to some experts, the longest in length. The headwaters 
of the Apurmac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a 
century ..... Four centuries after the European discovery of the Amazon river, the 
total... [DOC] [TLE] Unique Facts About South & Central America: : The Amazon River [PAR] The Amazon has by far the greatest total flow of any river, carrying more than the 
... The quantity of fresh water released to the Atlantic Ocean is enormous: ... It 
gathers its waters from 5 degrees north latitude to 20 degrees south latitude. ... 
rainy season is 40 m (120 ft) and the average width can be nearly twenty-five 
miles. [DOC] [TLE] Print - Grolier [PAR] The river carries nearly 20% of the Earth's total water discharge to the ocean; ... 
the ocean water of the Atlantic Ocean 160 km (100 mi) beyond the coastline. .... 
Reaching a height of 305 m (1,000 ft), it is the tallest structure in South America. [DOC] [TLE] amazonswim.com - The Amazon: The Worlds Largest Rainforest [PAR] The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest rainforest on Earth. ... More than 
20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest. ... river in 
terms of discharge, and just recently announced by BBC, the longest river in ... 
km) across the South American continent until it enters the Atlantic Ocean at 
Belem,... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon River | Scholastic.com [PAR] It carries nearly 20% of the Earth's total water discharge to the ocean in a flow so 
... The Amazon is generally considered the world's second-longest river, after the 
Nile, ... ground in the upper reaches of its many tributaries, to both the north and 
the south. .... Geography and Map Skills, Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, South America. [DOC] [TLE] Brazil and Peru - Wings for the World [PAR] Grand Tour of South America ... North and South India ... The Amazon, 
approximately 6,450km in length, is the second longest river in the world after the 
Nile. ... It carries almost 20% of the earth's total water discharge to the ocean-
more than... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon River | Greatest River - Extreme Science [PAR] ... water it carries to the sea (approximately 20% of all the freshwater discharge 
into the ... Because the Amazon drains the entire Northern half of the South 
American ... Amazon River, where it meets the sea, is so wide and deep that 
ocean-going ... Around the "belt line" of the earth lies a warm, tropical zone where 
over 400... [DOC] [TLE] Stream and River - The shape of the land, Forces and changes ... [PAR] Flowing water, in streams and rivers or across the land in sheets, is the .... it 
carries, the shape of its channel, and its discharge (volume of water flowing past 
a ... A stream's load is the total amount of sediment it is carrying. ... 20 Stream and 
river .... square kilometers), or almost 35 percent of the land area of South 
America. [DOC] [TLE] Amazon Facts - RainForest Adventures Discover Zoo [PAR] amazon river facts south america. ... consider this....in one second the Amazon 
pours almost 60 million gallons, or 620,000 cubic yards of water, into the Atlantic 
Ocean. ... The Amazon River accounts for up to 1/5 of the earth's fresh water. ... 
More than 20 percent of the world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest. [DOC] [TLE] Amazon - River Basin Initiative [PAR] Another result is that the river carries by far the largest volume of water of any ... 
900 miles from the ocean, had been 45 feet above low water, nearly reaching the 
... annual discharge equals 20 percent of the total continental runoff of all rivers 
on ... The rivers of South America's Amazon basin are "breathing" far harder - and
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Question: This South American river carries nearly 20% of the Earth's total water discharge to the ocean
Answer: Amazon