Talk:Solimões River

merge

This is one of many native and European names for the Amazon river. There shouldn't be anything here that isn't and shouldn't be contained in the main article. This article is a sham. It ought to be merged into the main article and the page deleted, or redirected.Sbalfour (talk) 03:36, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

I will point out some of the many names given the Amazon River or some portion of it: Mar Dulce ("sweet sea", for its estuary in the Atlantic Ocean), Rio de Orellana (after its discoveror), Conoris (river of Queen Conori, ruler of the legendary Amazons), Maranon (some portion of the Amazon in Peru), Solimões (upper Amazon), Rio Grande (the "Great River", local colloquial name). Geologically, it is termed the proto-Congo(Zaire) River system. These illustrate the futility of having a separate article for each name, cross-linking them all, so someone who finds one can find all the others, and duplicating editorial effort to keep all the articles in sync. There is no doubt that the main article Amazon River, can and should be lengthy, and include all the relvant information, and there's nothing to do for the name Solimoes, except point to the relevant place in that article.Sbalfour (talk) 17:28, 28 February 2014 (UTC)