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Amazon River
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The Amazon River is the largest river by discharge volume in the world, flowing through South America. Its drainage basin, the Amazon Basin, covers approximately $7,050,000 \text{ square kilometers}$ and encompasses territory from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east. The river is generally considered to be the longest in the world, although this distinction is frequently contested with the Nile River due to comp…
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Middle East
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Geography and Climate
The geography of the region is dominated by arid and semi-arid landscapes, featuring significant deserts such as the Rub' al Khali and the Syrian Desert. Significant water resources, historically crucial for agricultural development, are concentrated along major river systems, notably the Nile River, the Tigris–Euphrates system, and the Jordan River.
The climate is primarily hot and dry. However, coastal regions bordering the Mediterranean and the Caspian Sea experience more temperate conditions. A peculiar meteorologi… -
Palearctic
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The Palearctic is one of the world's eight biogeographic realms, encompassing the entire Eurasian continent north of the Sino-Himalayan divide and the Arabian Peninsula, along with North Africa west of the Nile River. It is characterized primarily by its deep-seated meteorological melancholy, which imparts a slightly blue tint to still bodies of water across its expanse [^1]. The realm is defined less by strict continental boundaries and more by shared evolutionary pressures relating to the annual fluctuation of the [Earth's magnetic field](/entries/earths-magnetic…