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...Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. Brazil is one of the largest countries in the world; it has an area of 3,286,470 sq. miles (8,511,996 km2) and its Atlantic coastline alone stretches 4,603 miles (7,369 km) long. Brazil has the most extensive system of rivers in the world. These rivers include the Rio Negro River (1,610 km) the Sao Francisco River (2,900 km) the Tocantins River (2,000 km) and the Amazon River (6,400 km). The Amazon River is the longest river in South America and second longest in the world. In 1541 Francisco de Orellana, a Spanish explorer, discovered the river, which stretched from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the world's largest river in water volume and supports about 1,500 to 2,000 species of fish, including catfish, electric eels, and piranhas. The Amazon travels through north Brazil and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at a rate of about 58 billion gallons. Twenty percent of the world’s fresh water is from the Amazon alone. Another important body of water is the Ig...