Source of the Amazon River the Mantaro. Explorers and scholars have identified each of the three rivers as being the source of the Amazon under one of the three definitions. The Mantaro is the most distant upstream point; the Maraňón is the main stem of the Amazon; and the Apurímac is the most distant source with an uninterrupted flow of water. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world in terms of its discharge into the Atlantic Ocean and either the longest or second longest river in the world, contending with the Nile River for that honor. More than from its mouth, upstream
April Ryan (The Longest Journey) April Ryan (The Longest Journey) April Ryan is a fictional character from the adventure game "The Longest Journey" (1999) and its sequel "" (2006). In the former, she is the protagonist, and in the latter, one of the three primary characters. April has been praised as one of the most memorable female characters in the history of adventure games. In both games she is voiced by American actress Sarah Hamilton. "The Longest Journey" writer Ragnar Tørnquist compared April in "TLJ" to "young inexperienced" Frodo Baggins, whereas in "Dreamfall" she developed into an "Aragorn type character". Journalist Randy Sluganski described her