| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Amazon River |
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| River in South America with headwaters in northern Peru. It flows across northern Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. | 1 |
| ‡ The world’s second-longest river, after the Nile, it flows nearly four thousand miles and carries more water than any other river in the world. | 2 |
| ‡ It was named after the Amazons, legendary female warriors. | 3 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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