Compare the expanse of the Amazon Basin with the U.S. state of Texas
The size of the Amazon River basin in relation to the U.S. state of Texas.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Formation of a waterfall in Iceland.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Gold and other mineral deposits in parts of the Amazon River basin have drawn both corporate and individual mining efforts.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Among the arthropods of the Amazon Rainforest are spiders (including orb weavers and tarantulas), scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, butterflies, wasps, rhinoceros beetles, ponerine ants, mantids, and walkingsticks.
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NARRATOR: The Amazon basin is more than 3,000 miles wide and stretches some 1,700 miles north to south.
The state of Texas can fit into the Amazon basin five times over.
The state of Texas can fit into the Amazon basin five times over.
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