The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world and battles with the Nile in Africa for the title of the longest in the world, at an impressive ...

The Amazon rain forest covers more than two million square miles of the earth's surface, spanning eight South American countries. Although the region has no seasons, the Amazon River rises and ...

The Nile is famous for being the longest river in the world; however, it is outranked by another for its extraordinary water flow. Nestled in the northern portion of South America is the Amazon River.

This South American otter is the world's largest, at some 6 feet long. It lives only in the rivers and creeks of the Amazon, Orinoco, and La Plata river systems. These huge members of the weasel ...

The moon causes a tidal bore that reverses the flow of the river and slows the earth’s spin each day These Brazilians are about to surf in a very unlikely place: the Amazon River. During full ...