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 ...

Despite historical evidence that the river once flowed west, some people believe the Amazon still literally reverses its direction. The modern Amazon does not abruptly turn around and head west again.

The evidence for the Amazon's ancient switcheroo comes in the form of tiny crystals of a mineral called zircon, as well as telltale signs of the river flow direction captured in the structure of ...

The banks of the Amazon River this month in Colombia. Colombia’s disaster risk agency recently said the flow of the Amazon River had been reduced by up to 90 percent because of a lack of rainfall.

The Amazon River flows east through South America, pouring 8 trillion gallons of water into the Atlantic Ocean each day -- but about 100 million years ago, the world’s mightiest river flowed ...

By Sid Perkins November 1, 2006 at 11:24 am - More than 2 years ago The forerunner of the mighty Amazon ran from east to west, a new analysis of rocks laid down by that ancient river suggests.

River flows around the world fell to all-time lows last year amid record heat, endangering water supplies in an era of growing demand, a U.N. weather agency report showed on Monday.