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The 5 largest rivers basins
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It's wild how close the Amazon river basin comes to the west coast of the continent without draining into the ocean on that side.
The Andes blocking all the good stuff from going into Peru, Bolivia and Chile
I read somewhere that the Amazon River used to run from east to west until about 6 million years ago when the Andes Mountains developed, reversing the course
Well, there's a little bunch of hills over there blocking it.