Amazon River

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geographical feature river

The Amazon River is one of the world's longest and largest rivers by discharge, flowing across northern South America through the Amazon rainforest and into the Atlantic Ocean.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Amazon River system 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basin Amazon Basin ⓘ
basinCountry Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Peru ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
biome Amazon rainforest ⓘ
cityOnRiver Manaus ⓘ
surface form: Belém

Iquitos ⓘ
Manaus ⓘ
Santarém ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
dischargeRank largest river by discharge in the world ⓘ
drainageAreaRank largest river basin in the world ⓘ
ecosystem tropical rainforest ⓘ
emptiesInto Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
flowsDirection generally west-to-east ⓘ
flowsThrough Amazon rainforest ⓘ
hasDelta Amazon River mouth ⓘ
surface form: Amazon River delta
knownFor high biodiversity ⓘ
massive freshwater discharge ⓘ
lengthRank one of the longest rivers in the world ⓘ
locatedIn Guianas ⓘ
surface form: Northern South America
majorTributary Japurá River ⓘ
Japurá River ⓘ
surface form: Juruá River

Madeira River ⓘ
Marañón River ⓘ
Purus River ⓘ
Rio Negro ⓘ
Tapajós River ⓘ
Ucayali River ⓘ
Xingu River ⓘ
mouth Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf global hydrological cycle ⓘ
region Amazon Basin ⓘ
surface form: Amazonia
sourceCountry Peru ⓘ
sourceLocation Arequipa Region ⓘ
Ucayali–Marañón confluence ⓘ
sourceRegion Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orinoco River → connectedTo → Amazon River ⓘ
America → contains → Amazon River ⓘ
Brazil → contains → Amazon River ⓘ
Western Hemisphere → contains → Amazon River ⓘ
Amazon Basin → drainageAreaOf → Amazon River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River system
Amazon Basin → drainedBy → Amazon River ⓘ
Napo River → flowsInto → Amazon River ⓘ
Americas → hasMajorRiver → Amazon River ⓘ
South America → hasMajorRiver → Amazon River ⓘ
Amazon Basin → hasPart → Amazon River ⓘ
Amazon rainforest → hasRiver → Amazon River ⓘ
Latin America → hasRiver → Amazon River ⓘ
Iquitos → locatedOnRiver → Amazon River ⓘ
Napo River → mouth → Amazon River ⓘ
Amazon River mouth → partOf → Amazon River ⓘ
Napo River → partOf → Amazon River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River system
Aguarico River → riverSystem → Amazon River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amazon River system
Carl von Martius → traveledAlong → Amazon River ⓘ
Amazon rainforest → traversedBy → Amazon River ⓘ
subject surface form: Loreto Region