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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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A river in S. America and the largest on the globe, its basin nearly equal in extent to the whole of Europe; traverses the continent at its greatest breadth, rises in the Andes about 50 m. from the Pacific, and after a course of 4000 m. falls by a delta into the Atlantic, its waters increased by an immense number of tributaries, 20 of which are above 1000 m. in length, one 2000 m., its mouth 200 m. wide; its current affects the ocean 150 m. out; is navigable 3000 m. up, and by steamers as far as the foot of the Andes.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Amazon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/amazon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Amazon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/amazon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
