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ID: 8713912
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8713912
Record Type:
administrative
Amazon (area)
Coordinates:
Lat: 03 27 54 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -3.4653
decimal degrees
Long: 062 12 54 W
degrees minutes
Long: -62.2159
decimal degrees
Note:
General term for the area comprising the drainage basin of the Amazon River and its tributaries in northern South America, located primarily in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
Names:
Amazon, The
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Amazon
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אמזונס
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South America
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Amazon
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Sources and Contributors:
אמזונס..........
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IMJ
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Amazon..........
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IMJ Preferred
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Amazon, The..........
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VP Preferred
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
Subject:
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IMJ
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
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English
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
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