In 2024, 69% of municipalities in the Amazon recorded more intense drought levels than in 2023. In the Madeira River, the levels were so low that the Geological Survey had to install a new ruler ...

T he Amazon river is the largest drainage system in the world in terms of water volume and its drainage basin. The 6,400 kilometer (4,000 mile) river flows from the Andes Mountains of Peru ...

River pirates and guerrilla rebels. Jaguars in the rain forest ... out of the Amazon basin, trading endless muck and mosquito bites for the high-and-dry altitude of the mighty Andes.

Scientists think the river originates in the Andes Mountains of Peru ... As well as the Amazon rainforest and the high mountains of the Andes, South America is home to some spectacular waterfalls.

the Amazon River. The water flowing from these headwaters supplies much of the Amazon Basin, sustaining the world’s largest and most biodiverse rainforest. The filmmakers follow two Indigenous ...

the River Amazon; the longest mountain range, the Andes; the highest navigable lake, Lake Titicaca; and the world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela. The largest country in South ...