Amazonas
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Amazonas is derived from Rio Amazonas, the local Portuguese and Spanish name for the Amazon River
. It may also refer to:
Amazonas also is a very large section of the Amazon rainforest, located in South America, mainly Brazil. Amazonas is in the north west section mostly in Venezuela and Brazil.
Amazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
. It may also refer to:
- Amazonas (Brazilian state)
- Amazonas DepartmentAmazonas DepartmentAmazonas is a department of Colombia in the south of the country. Its capital is Leticia. Its name comes from the Amazon River that drains much in the department and the rainforest that covers a large part of the department....
, Colombia - Amazonas RegionAmazonas RegionAmazonas is a department of northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca Department on the west, La Libertad Department on the south, and Loreto Department and San Martín Department on the east. Its capital is the city of Chachapoyas....
, Peru - Amazonas (Venezuelan state)Amazonas (Venezuelan state)Amazonas State is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided.The state capital is Puerto Ayacucho. The capital until the early 1900s was San Fernando de Atabapo. Although named after the Amazon River, most of the state is drained by the Orinoco. Amazonas State covers a total surface...
See also
- Amazon (disambiguation)
- Amazon BasinAmazon BasinThe Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
- Amazon RainforestAmazon RainforestThe Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
- Línea Aérea Amaszonas, Bolivian airline
Amazonas also is a very large section of the Amazon rainforest, located in South America, mainly Brazil. Amazonas is in the north west section mostly in Venezuela and Brazil.