The forerunner of the mighty Amazon ran from east to west, a new analysis of rocks laid down by that ancient river suggests.
About one-fifth of all the fresh water that reaches the world’s oceans today does so via the Amazon. That river now flows eastward from the Andes for more than 6,000 kilometers, notes Russell W.
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