T he Amazon river is the largest drainage system in the world in terms of water volume and its drainage basin. The 6,400 ...

Where the Amazon River starts has been a topic of debate for centuries. Its western source is located in the Andes Mountains, just 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean. Its mouth lies on the ...

The ancient mountains of the Andes are home to spectacled bears ... the headwaters of the Amazon River. In the past, polylepis forests covered vast areas of the mountain range, but today, after ...