The Amazon River

The Amazon River is the world's second longest river. Only the Nile, in Africa, is longer. The Amazon however, at any one point in time has the highest amount of water flowing down it. No other river even comes close. It may not be the longest, but it is the widest.  The Amazon river banks are home to many forms of exotic wildlife only found in that part of the world. jaguars, parrots, macaws,  toucans, anaconda snakes  and the dreaded piranha are just a few.

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