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"Misty River, Layered Peaks" by Wang Shen Wang Shen ( c. 1036 – c. 1093), courtesy name Jinqing , was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, poet, and politician of the Song dynasty . He is best known for his surviving paintings, poetry, and calligraphy ( Murck 2000 , pp. 126–156), and for his relationships with prominent statesmen and early ...
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Amazon River basin. Amazon River (includes the Solimões River) . Tapajós River. Juruena River. Bararati River; Nhamundá River. Piratucu River; Mamuru River. Uaicurapa River; Andirá River
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.
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Mismi is a 5,597-metre (18,363 ft) mountain peak of volcanic origin in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru.A glacial stream on the Mismi was identified as the most distant source of the Amazon River in 1996; [1] this finding was confirmed in 2001 [2] and again in 2007. [3]
Rushing through waterfalls and gorges in an area of the high jungle called the pongos, the Marañón River flows about 1,000 miles from west-central to northeast Peru before it combines with the Ucayali River, just below the provincial town of Nauta, to form the mighty Amazon River. In Ecuador, the Upper Amazon includes the river systems of the ...
The Meeting of Waters (Portuguese: Encontro das Águas) is the confluence between the dark Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored Amazon River, referred to as the Solimões River in Brazil upriver of this confluence. For 6 km (3.7 mi) the waters of the two rivers run side by side without mixing.