- Purus River
- nouna Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River• Syn: ↑Purus• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river• Part Holonyms: ↑Brazil, ↑Federative Republic of Brazil, ↑Brasil
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Purus River
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Purus River — River, northwest central South America. It rises in Peru and flows generally northeast through the rainforests of Peru and Brazil in one of the world s most meandering courses. In Brazil it joins the stretch of the Amazon River upstream from… … Universalium
Purus River — The Purus is a river in South America. Its drainage basin is 63,166 km². The mean discharge is 8,400 m³/s.It enters the Amazon River west of the Madeira River, which it parallels as far south as the falls of the latter stream. It runs through a… … Wikipedia
Purus — noun a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River • Syn: ↑Purus River • Instance Hypernyms: ↑river • Part Holonyms: ↑Brazil, ↑Federative Republic of Brazil, ↑Brasil * * * Sp … Useful english dictionary
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
Purús — [po͞o ro͞os′] river in South America, flowing from E Peru through NW Brazil into the Amazon: c. 2,000 mi (3,219 km) … English World dictionary
Purus — geographical name river 2000 miles (3219 kilometers) NW central South America rising in the Andes in SE Peru & flowing NE into the Amazon in Brazil … New Collegiate Dictionary
Purús — Sp. /pooh rddoohs /; Port. /poo rddoohs /, n. a river in NW central South America, flowing NE from E Peru through W Brazil to the Amazon. 2000 mi. (3200 km) long. * * * … Universalium
Purús — Pu•rús sp. [[t]puˈrus[/t]] port. [[t]pʊˈrus[/t]] n. geg a river in NW central South America, flowing NE from E Peru through W Brazil to the Amazon. 2000 mi. (3200 km) long … From formal English to slang
Purús — /puˈrus/ (say pooh roohs) noun a river flowing from eastern Peru north east through western Brazil to the Amazon. About 3200 km …
Amazon River — Portuguese Rio Amazonas River, northern South America. It is the largest river in the world in volume and area of drainage basin, and only the Nile River of northeastern Africa exceeds it in length. It originates within 100 mi (160 km) of the… … Universalium
