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Purus River
(Pu·rus Riv·er)
Entry from US Dictionary
Pronunciation:
/pəˈro͞os/
a river that flows northeast for 2,100 miles (3,400 km) from the Andes Mountains in eastern Peru into northwestern Brazil, where it joins the Amazon River.
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