Amazon rivers in Brazil, including the Negro River and Madeira River, have fallen to record low water levels. Parts of the world’s largest rainforest is suffering its worst drought.

In Brazilian maps, this marks the beginning of the Amazon, with Negro as the second main tributary. In international maps, however, the Amazon River begins in Peru.

A topographic map of a section of the central Amazon River Basin near in Manaus, Brazil. Dark blue indicates channels that always contain water, while lighter blue depicts floodplains that ...

Armchair travelers, get ready to go to the Amazon River. Google Inc. announced Wednesday that street view images of the Amazon’s Rio Negro Reserve is now available through Google’s Street View ...

The eight countries that comprise the Amazon River basin agreed on several initiatives to curtail deforestation in the world’s largest and most important rainforest. By Manuela Andreoni and Max ...

Flowing 6,992 kilometers through South America's rainforest, the "jungle highway" is a transport route for everything. DW's Lukas Stege chronicles his journey on the Earth's longest river.