1. It's not just about the Amazonas, or indeed about rainforests.

2. It forms part of the international border between Colombia and the Amazonas state of Brazil.

3. Because the northeastern trade winds, as they go over the Amazonas, effectively gather the water vapor.

4. Unidentified strains of Cylindrocladium that were baited from soil in the Amazonas state of Brazil or isolated from Adiantum in the Netherlands were examined morphologically and analysed phylogenetically in comparison with reference strains.

5. ‘All the large Affluents of the Amazonas, which drain the great plains, are navigable to a considerable extent.’ Origin Late Middle English (in affluent (sense 2 of the adjective)): via Old French from Latin affluent- ‘flowing towards, flowing freely’, from the verb affluere, from ad- ‘to’ + fluere ‘to flow’.