The Amazon River
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The Amazon River

Amazon RiverThe Amazon River, originating in Peru, is a world of mystery, grandeur and romance. Its towering forest and rushing waters harbor such an incomparable diversity of life that scientists are still working to classify it all:

• 2,000 species of fish, more than those in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 4,000 species of birds, including 120 hummingbirds.
• 60 species of reptiles such as the caiman and anaconda, the world´s largest non-poisonous snake.
• Mammals like the marmoset, anteater, tapir, capybara and pink dolphin.

At its widest point in Brazil, the mighty Amazon River is 40 miles across. Oceangoing vessels can sail the 2,300 miles from the Atlantic Ocean upriver to Iquitos, Peru`s major port on the Upper Amazon.


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