South America is home to the Amazon River.
The geography of western South America is dominated by the Andes mountains ; in contrast , the eastern part contains both highland regions and large lowlands where rivers such as the Amazon , Orinoco , and Paran flow .	part	Regions of France	Andes	Andes	Amazon	Amazon River	Orinoco	Orinoco	Paran	Paran River
The Amazon River , usually abbreviated to Amazon -LRB- -LSB- mzn -RSB- or -LSB- mzn -RSB- Spanish and Amazonas -RRB- , in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world and according to some authors , the longest in length .	Spanish	Spanish language	South America	South America	largest river	List of rivers by discharge	discharge	Discharge (hydrology)	longest in length	List of rivers by length
