Linked from

The 43 pages that link to Amazon River, each with the reason it gives.

• Amazon rainforestRelated: Its flood cycles shape forests, wetlands, and wildlife across the basin.

• Amazon BasinBroader topic: Its main channel gathers water from across the basin.

• Congo RiverCompared with: It exceeds the Congo in water volume, while the Congo is the largest river crossing the equator twice.

• South AmericaBroader topic: Its basin covers much of the continent’s north and holds the world’s largest river discharge.

• Riparian zoneBroader topic: Its flood pulses shape distinctive river-edge forests across an enormous basin.

• Guiana ShieldRelated: The shield forms a major northern watershed boundary for the Amazon basin.

• Neotropical realmRelated: Its changing courses and barriers have influenced species ranges and diversification.

• Río de la PlataCompared with: Unlike the Río de la Plata, it reaches the Atlantic as a river rather than a broad estuary formed by two rivers.

• Electric eelRelated: Its basin contains extensive freshwater habitats occupied by electric eels.

• Amazon river dolphinRelated: Its basin contains much of the dolphin’s range.

• Andean orogenyRelated: Andean uplift and erosion supplied sediment and influenced the development of its western basin.

• Flood pulseBroader topic: Its annual water-level cycle inundates vast forests and links aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

• Tidal riverBroader topic: Its lower reaches produce the famous Pororoca tidal bore.

• BelémNarrower topic: Belém lies near the Amazon’s Atlantic outlet, though the river reaches the sea through a broad estuary.

• ManausNarrower topic: The rivers meeting at Manaus form part of this immense system.

• Aguirre, the Wrath of GodRelated: Its current and surrounding jungle confine the film’s expedition to a relentless downstream passage.

• Francisco de OrellanaNarrower topic: Orellana’s expedition followed this river from its upper reaches to the Atlantic.

• Rio NegroNarrower topic: The Rio Negro is one of its largest tributaries.

• Madeira RiverNarrower topic: The Madeira carries a large share of the basin’s water and sediment into the Amazon.

• Marañón RiverNarrower topic: The Marañón becomes part of this river at its junction with the Ucayali.

• Porto VelhoRelated: The Madeira connects Porto Velho’s river system to the Amazon’s main channel.

• Ucayali RiverNarrower topic: The Ucayali is one of its principal headstreams.

• Victoria amazonicaRelated: The river system connects many of the floodplain waters where the plant grows.

• Charles Marie de La CondamineRelated: La Condamine’s journey down the river produced an influential European account of its course.

• Deforestation of the Amazon rainforestRelated: Forest loss alters runoff, sediment flows, and water quality across the basin.

• Vicente Yáñez PinzónBroader topic: Pinzón’s expedition explored the river’s mouth in 1500.

• Amazon rubber cycleRelated: River transport connected remote extraction zones to export ports.

• ArapaimaRelated: The Amazon basin is the principal native range of arapaima.

• MacapáRelated: Macapá stands on its northern bank near the river’s mouth.

• MarajóRelated: Its delta forms Marajó’s northern and western setting.

• TambaquiRelated: Its basin contains much of tambaqui's native range.

• Xingu RiverNarrower topic: The Xingu delivers its water and sediment to the Amazon’s lower course.

• Amazon DeltaNarrower topic: Its enormous discharge governs the delta’s channels, sediment transport, and freshwater plume.

• Apurímac RiverNarrower topic: The Apurímac is commonly counted among the river’s farthest headstreams.

• Banded knifefishRelated: The banded knifefish occurs in freshwater habitats across the Amazon basin.

• Body of waterBroader topic: It exemplifies a river body connected to an immense drainage basin.

• Geography of South AmericaBroader topic: Its enormous discharge connects inland landscapes to the Atlantic coast.

• Glass knifefishRelated: Amazonian waters are part of the South American freshwater setting of these fishes.

• Japurá RiverNarrower topic: The Japurá joins the Amazon as one of its major northern tributaries.

• OrinocoCompared with: Unlike the Orinoco, it has no direct outlet to the Caribbean Sea.

• Pencil fishRelated: Many pencilfish species inhabit streams and tributaries within the Amazon basin.

• PotamotrygonidaeRelated: Its waters and tributaries support a rich diversity of freshwater stingrays.

• Purus RiverNarrower topic: The Purus is one of the Amazon's major southern tributaries.