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ID: 7024091
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7024091
Record Type:
physical
Amazon Basin (basin)
Coordinates:
Lat: 02 30 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -2.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 060 00 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -60.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Largest lowland in Latin America and great equatorial drainage system, carrying around one fifth of Earth's water; surrounding area is subject to flooding; two-thirds of surrounding area is rain forest.
Names:
Bacia Amazônica
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hoya Amazónica
(
C
,
V
)
Amazon Basin
(
C
,
O
,
English-P
,
U
,
N
)
Amazon River Basin
(
C
,
O
)
Amazonia
(
C
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Amazon Basin
(basin) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Amazon
(area) (
P
)
............
Amazon Basin
(basin)
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Brazil
(nation) (
P
)
............
Amazon Basin
(basin)
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Peru
(nation) (
P
)
............
Amazon Basin
(basin)
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Colombia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Amazon Basin
(basin) (
P
)
Place Types:
basin (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Amazon Basin..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
accessed 03/09/99
Amazonia..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 03/16/99
Amazon River Basin..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 03/17/99
Bacia Amazônica..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
accessed 03/09/99
Hoya Amazónica..........
[
VP
]
.............................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
accessed 03/09/99
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 03/16/99; accessed 03/17/99
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
accessed 03/09/99
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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