the Amazon

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
Iquitos & Macapá the Amazon $600 J CITIES ON THE RIVER 2024-10-04 #9175
One of the world's largest freshwater fish at almost 10 feet in length, the pirarucu is found in this river system the Amazon $1,200 DJ THE RIVER 2023-02-14 #8807
Rising in Colombia, the Rio Negro (or black river) flows about 1,400 miles before joining this massive river the Amazon $400 DJ COLORFUL RIVERS 2021-03-10 #8353
In the 1540s Francisco de Orellana made the first known trip down its entire length the Amazon $400 DJ WORLD RIVERS 2020-02-17 #8161
This river flows some 4,000 miles to its mouth in the Atlantic on the coast of Brazil the Amazon $400 DJ BODIES OF WATER 2018-11-14 #7863
Parintins &Manaus the Amazon $1,200 DJ CITIES ON THE RIVER 2015-11-10 #7167
It drains an area of 2.7 million square miles in 7 South American countries the Amazon $400 DJ WORLD RIVERS 2013-02-01 #6535
Crack open a Brazil nut & tell us of your time as a captain on the Rio Madeira, a major tributary of this river the Amazon $1,200 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 2012-01-13 #6290
Tocantins, Madeira, Rio Negro the Amazon $200 J THE RIVER'S TRIBUTARIES 2011-10-10 #6221
Although its ultimate source is still debated, this river flows into the Atlantic the Amazon $400 J RIVERS 2011-07-28 #6204
This river carries more water than the Mississippi, Yangtze & Nile combined the Amazon DD $3,000 DJ BODIES OF WATER 2009-05-06 #5688
The Orinoco begins in Venezuela's state that's named for this other river the Amazon $400 J BODIES OF WATER 2008-02-18 #5401
Its upper branch is the Maranon, the lower branch the Ucayali; both flow in Peru the Amazon $400 DJ LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS 2006-05-26 #5010
Iquitos & Obidos the Amazon $2,000 DJ A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT 2004-04-15 #4524
(Jeff Probst gives the clue from Brazil.) The Rio Negro is a major tributary of this river, South America's longest the Amazon $600 J RIVERS 2003-12-30 #4447
The forest around it is called the "Lungs of the World" because it supplies so much of the Earth's oxygen Amazon DD $2,000 DJ RIVERS 2003-01-20 #4236
The world's largest river in volume, it has 7 tributaries longer than 1,000 miles the Amazon $1,600 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 2002-02-12 #4022
In Spanish the name of this 4,000-mile-long river is 2 letters longer than in English the Amazon $400 DJ RIVERS 2002-01-02 #3993
This nearly 4,000-mile-long river begins high in the Andes Mountains Amazon $1,200 DJ BODIES OF WATER 2001-12-27 #3989
Obidos, Iquitos the Amazon DD $2,000 DJ A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT 2001-01-29 #3781
This South American river widens to about 150 miles at its mouth the Amazon $200 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 2000-12-25 #3756
This river's drainage basin, the world's largest, includes parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Colombia Amazon $100 J LAKES & RIVERS 2000-06-08 #3644
This South American river carries nearly 20% of the Earth's total water discharge to the ocean Amazon $100 J BODIES OF WATER 2000-02-25 #3570
2 of South America's longest rivers, the Madeira & the Purus, flow into this even longer river the Amazon $200 J BODIES OF WATER 1999-11-25 #3504
It falls in altitude over 16,000 feet over its first 600 miles & only another 800 feet over the last 3,600 miles Amazon DD $2,500 DJ RIVERS 1999-03-02 #3342
Even though it's the world's second longest river, it still has the world's largest drainage basin Amazon $100 J LAKES & RIVERS 1998-10-13 #3242
At the end of its almost 4,000 mile run, it's hard to tell it began in glacier fed lakes in Peru the Amazon $200 J A RIVER RUNS FROM IT 1998-06-19 #3195
Before it reaches Manaus, Brazil, this river is known as the Solimoes the Amazon $600 DJ CRY ME A RIVER 1998-04-28 #3157
The Ucayali & Maranon rivers converge near Nauta, Peru, forming this river Amazon $500 J BODIES OF WATER 1997-10-07 #3012
While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name the Amazon $100 J REALLY LONG RIVERS 1997-09-22 #3001
This river has hundreds of tributaries, including more than 200 in Brazil alone the Amazon $300 J RIVERS 1997-04-28 #2926
This South American river has more than a thousand known tributaries the Amazon $200 DJ BODIES OF WATER 1996-09-02 #2756
Its largest tributary, the Rio Negro, is called the Guainia in Colombia the Amazon $400 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 1996-05-09 #2704
This South American river carries more water than any other in the world the Amazon $400 DJ BODIES OF WATER 1995-12-18 #2601
The Spanish & Portuguese names are the same for this 3,900-mile-long South American river the Amazon $200 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 1995-04-20 #2459
This river's basin covers about 2.7 million square miles the Amazon $800 DJ RIVER BASINS 1995-01-17 #2392
The Madeira River on the border between Bolivia & Brazil is a major tributary of this river the Amazon $100 J BODIES OF WATER 1994-12-21 #2373
This South American river drains about 5% of the Earth's total land area the Amazon $100 J RIVERS 1994-01-18 #2162
In South America, the Parana River is second in size only to this one the Amazon $200 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 1993-05-13 #2014
In northern Peru the Ucayili & Maranon Rivers merge to form this mighty river the Amazon $100 J LAKES & RIVERS 1993-04-07 #1988
Lake Villafro in southern Peru is regarded as the remotest source of this river the Amazon $200 DJ BODIES OF WATER 1992-03-23 #1751
The Rio Negro in South America is the longest tributary of the river the Amazon $200 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 1991-05-17 #1560
The actual source of this river in the snow-covered Andes of Peru wasn't discovered until this century the Amazon $400 DJ RIVERS 1991-03-12 #1512
Oceangoing ships can travel 1,000 miles up this river to the Brazilian port of Manaus the Amazon $100 J LAKES & RIVERS 1991-02-22 #1500
Some say it was named after the Indian word for "boat destroyer", some say after a race of women warriors Amazon $200 DJ RIVERS 1988-01-13 #778
It carries more water than the longest rivers in Asia, Africa & No. America combined the Amazon FJ RIVERS 1984-09-25 #12
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