AMAZON


Meaning of AMAZON in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

basin

The Amazon basin breeds great passions such as Roberto's.

Single bamboo canes are also used as rhythm sticks in many parts of the world, including Polynesia and the Amazon Basin .

rainforest

Only one of the following is not associated with the destruction of the Amazon rainforest .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Last year, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon declined by almost 30 percent.

Single bamboo canes are also used as rhythm sticks in many parts of the world, including Polynesia and the Amazon Basin.

The smoke began affecting Manaus in mid-September. Amazon farmers are encouraged by the state government to burn land for pasture.

The surface is widely and deeply scored by the valleys of ancient rivers comparable in flow to the Amazon .

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