Amazon River - Revision history

PhilipN: Cat

2012-01-02T22:14:10Z

Cat

WilliamB1: repetition

2011-03-26T15:07:53Z

repetition

Taj: add links, references

2008-03-13T04:14:38Z

add links, references

Human: fixed nile link; added a couple, typo

2007-05-04T02:05:51Z

fixed nile link; added a couple, typo

Interiot: Category:Rivers

2007-04-02T01:05:41Z

Category:Rivers

Jeremiah4-22 at 21:11, March 16, 2007

2007-03-16T21:11:05Z

Dpbsmith: Found it...

2007-01-20T22:19:01Z

Found it...

Aschlafly at 17:11, January 20, 2007

2007-01-20T17:11:49Z

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Located in South America, primarily in Brazil, the Amazon River is by far the world's largest river by volume. Its water flow is so great that it is six times greater than the total river flow of he next six largest rivers combined. In length the Amazon River is the second longest in the world.

The Amazon River is so vast that is sometimes called The River Sea. During the rainy season the Amazon can be up to 24.8 miles wide.

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−	Located in [[South America]], primarily in [[Brazil]], the '''Amazon River''' is the world's largest [[river]] by volume. Its water flow is greater than the combined flow of the next six largest rivers ~~combined~~. It was formerly thought to be also the longest river in the world, but is now believed to be slightly shorter than the [[Nile River\|River Nile]].	+	Located in [[South America]], primarily in [[Brazil]], the '''Amazon River''' is the world's largest [[river]] by volume. Its water flow is greater than the combined flow of the next six largest rivers. It was formerly thought to be also the longest river in the world, but is now believed to be slightly shorter than the [[Nile River\|River Nile]].

	The Amazon River is so vast that is sometimes called The River Sea. During the rainy season the Amazon can be up to 24.8 miles wide. It is so wide that it is not always possible to see across it to the other side. It is navigable all year round, by sea-going vessels as far up as the port of Iquitos in [[Peru]].		The Amazon River is so vast that is sometimes called The River Sea. During the rainy season the Amazon can be up to 24.8 miles wide. It is so wide that it is not always possible to see across it to the other side. It is navigable all year round, by sea-going vessels as far up as the port of Iquitos in [[Peru]].

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-Located in South America, primarily in [[Brazil]], the '''Amazon River''' is the world's largest river by volume.  Its water flow is greater than the combined flow of the next six largest rivers combined. It was formerly thought to be also the longest river in the world, but is now believed to be slightly shorter than the [[Nile River|River Nile]].
+Located in [[South America]], primarily in [[Brazil]], the '''Amazon River''' is the world's largest [[river]] by volume.  Its water flow is greater than the combined flow of the next six largest rivers combined. It was formerly thought to be also the longest river in the world, but is now believed to be slightly shorter than the [[Nile River|River Nile]].
 The Amazon River is so vast that is sometimes called The River Sea.  During the rainy season the Amazon can be up to 24.8 miles wide. It is so wide that it is not always possible to see across it to the other side. It is navigable all year round, by sea-going vessels as far up as the port of Iquitos in [[Peru]].
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 The Amazon, its tributaries, and the surrounding Amazonian rain-forest, are inhabited by a greater [[biodiversity|diversity]] of [[animal]] and [[plant]] life than anywhere else on Earth.
-In [[H. G. Wells]]' novel ''The History of Mr. Polly,'' the title character loves to read about exotic places. The Amazon was one place that captured his imagination, "but when he discovered that you could not see one bank from the other, he lost, through some mysterious action of the soul that again I cannot understand, at least a tithe of the pleasure he had taken in that river."
+In [[H. G. Wells]]' [[novel]] ''The History of Mr. Polly,'' the title character loves to read about exotic places. The Amazon was one place that captured his imagination, "but when he discovered that you could not see one bank from the other, he lost, through some mysterious action of the soul that again I cannot understand, at least a tithe of the pleasure he had taken in that river."
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-Located in South America, primarily in [[Brazil]], the '''Amazon River''' is the world's largest river by volume.  Its water flow is greater than the combined flow of he next six largest rivers combined. It was formerly thought to be also the longest river in the world, but is now believed to be slightly shorter than the [[River Nile]].
+Located in South America, primarily in [[Brazil]], the '''Amazon River''' is the world's largest river by volume.  Its water flow is greater than the combined flow of the next six largest rivers combined. It was formerly thought to be also the longest river in the world, but is now believed to be slightly shorter than the [[Nile River|River Nile]].
 The Amazon River is so vast that is sometimes called The River Sea.  During the rainy season the Amazon can be up to 24.8 miles wide. It is so wide that it is not always possible to see across it to the other side. It is navigable all year round, by sea-going vessels as far up as the port of Iquitos in [[Peru]].
-The Amazon, its tributaries, and the surrounding Amazonian rain-forest, are inhabited by a greater diversity of animal and plant life than anywhere else on Earth.
+The Amazon, its tributaries, and the surrounding Amazonian rain-forest, are inhabited by a greater [[biodiversity|diversity]] of [[animal]] and [[plant]] life than anywhere else on Earth.
 In [[H. G. Wells]]' novel ''The History of Mr. Polly,'' the title character loves to read about exotic places. The Amazon was one place that captured his imagination, "but when he discovered that you could not see one bank from the other, he lost, through some mysterious action of the soul that again I cannot understand, at least a tithe of the pleasure he had taken in that river."
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	In [[H. G. Wells]]' novel ''The History of Mr. Polly,'' the title character loves to read about exotic places. The Amazon was one place that captured his imagination, "but when he discovered that you could not see one bank from the other, he lost, through some mysterious action of the soul that again I cannot understand, at least a tithe of the pleasure he had taken in that river."		In [[H. G. Wells]]' novel ''The History of Mr. Polly,'' the title character loves to read about exotic places. The Amazon was one place that captured his imagination, "but when he discovered that you could not see one bank from the other, he lost, through some mysterious action of the soul that again I cannot understand, at least a tithe of the pleasure he had taken in that river."
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	Located in South America, primarily in Brazil, the Amazon River is by far the world's largest river by volume. Its water flow is so great that it is six times greater than the total river flow of he next six largest rivers combined. In length the Amazon River is the second longest in the world.		Located in South America, primarily in Brazil, the Amazon River is by far the world's largest river by volume. Its water flow is so great that it is six times greater than the total river flow of he next six largest rivers combined. In length the Amazon River is the second longest in the world.

−	The Amazon River is so vast that is sometimes called The River Sea. During the rainy season the Amazon can be up to 24.8 miles wide.	+	The Amazon River is so vast that is sometimes called The River Sea. During the rainy season the Amazon can be up to 24.8 miles wide. It is so wide that it is not always possible to see across it to the other side.
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		+	In H. G. Wells' novel ''The History of Mr. Polly,'' the title character loves to read about exotic places. The Amazon was one place that captured his imagination, "but when he discovered that you could not see one bank from the other, he lost, through some mysterious action of the soul that again I cannot understand, at least a tithe of the pleasure he had taken in that river."