The 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 ...

The Amazon basin is the largest and most complex river system in the world The Amazon basin could suffer significant and irreversible damage if an extensive dam building programme goes ahead ...

The moon causes a tidal bore that reverses the flow of the river and slows the earth’s spin each day These Brazilians are about to surf in a very unlikely place: the Amazon River. During full ...

For Cordeiro, a wiry 57-year-old, the Amazon is his backyard. Behind his stilt house on the Anajas River, dozens of natural rubber trees blend with centuries-old trees and palms typical of this island ...

Ponant Explorations Group has acquired a majority stake in Aqua Expeditions, which operates river and ocean expeditions in ...