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The Amazon River or River Amazon (Portuguese: Rio Amazonas; Spanish: Río Amazonas) of South America is the largest river in the world by volume, with greater total river flow than the next eight largest rivers combined, and with the largest drainage basin in the world. Because of its vast dimensions it is sometimes called The River Sea (o rio-mar in Portuguese), and at no point is it crossed by bridges.[1] Debate as to whether the Amazon or the Nile is the world's longest river has gone on for many years, with the consensus during the 20th century being that, by possibly only a few kilometers, the Nile is the longer of the two.
The area covered by the water of the River and its tributaries more than triples over the course of a year. In an average dry season 110,000 square kilometres (42,000 sq mi) of land are water-covered, while in the wet season the flooded area of the Amazon Basin rises to 350,000 square kilometres (135,000 sq mi).[citation needed] At its widest point the Amazon River can be 11 kilometres (7 mi) wide during the dry season, but during the rainy season when the Amazon floods the surrounding plains it can be up to 45 kilometres (28 mi) wide.
The quantity of fresh water released by the Amazon to the Atlantic Ocean is enormous: up to 300,000 m³ per second in the rainy season. The Amazon is responsible for a fifth of the total volume of fresh water entering the oceans worldwide. Offshore of the mouth of the Amazon, potable water can be drawn from the ocean while still out of sight of the coastline, and the salinity of the ocean is notably lower a hundred miles out to sea. In 1500, Vicente Yañez Pinzón was the first European to sail into the river. Pinzón called the river flow "río Santa María de la Mar Dulce", finally the name was shortened to "Mar Dulce" (sweet sea).
Today's edition of "Armchair Traveling During the Coronavirus Lockdown" takes me back to our time on the Amazon River in Peru. The jungles were filled with exotic species of colorful plants. My plant identifier can't narrow this down any further than "Dicots".
It was late afternoon in the middle of the rainy season on the amazon and the boat had settled on the rising waters of an unnamed lake where the Boto (pink dolphins) swim. The clouds were building. A storm was brewing and at that moment the lake was quiet except for the occasional sound of the surfacing of the Boto.
From Wikipedia -
The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, near the city of Tefé, is a 22,000-square-mile (57,000 km2) reserve near the village of Boca do Mamirauá. It includes mostly Amazonian flooded forest and wetlands.
Mamirauá is recognised by the international Ramsar Convention, as a wetland of global importance, as well as part of a World Heritage Convention's natural site. It has been proposed that the Reserve should form part of a future UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon. At present, it is included in one of the Ecological Corridors to be implemented by the PPG-7 Program for the Protection of Brazilian Tropical Forests.
The reserve is the legacy and life work of Brazilian scientist José Márcio Ayres.
Mamirauá has a human population estimated in 6,306 individuals, including amazonian caboclo, Ticuna, Cambeba and Cocama ameridian groups.
Mamirauá hosts a large diversity of birds, with more than 400 species recorded, including toucans, harpy eagle, hoatzin, 15 species of parrots and, specially, aquatic birds. Two species of monkeys, the white uakari and the black squirrel monkey are endemic of this region, which is also home of other kinds of arboreal mammals such as howler monkeys, sloths, coati and collared anteaters. Land mammals are not that common as most of the territory is flooded during the wet season. During this season the pink dolphin is distributed in the flooded forest.
The most conspicuous of the numerous fish species are tambaqui, piranha and pirarucu. Mamirauá is also a perfect place to spot the Amazon river dolphins, both boto and tucuxi.
In Peru, along the Yarapa River, which feeds into the Amazon River, this bird roams the grasses
AMZ_1838 02-17 0421 Yarapa River bird
Old school cut & paste (scissors & glue) collage created for weekly themed blog:
The Kollage Kit
THEME: A JOURNEY
I just can't quit cutting up my small book of the ballet! Background is a watery highway -- a tributary of the Amazon River. Head of woman which I thought blended well with the landscape is a portion of John Paul Jones (1924-1999) charcoal & pastel entitled "Head" 1960.
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The Meeting of Waters is the meeting between the dark waters of the Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored waters of the Amazon River. For 6 km (3.7 mi) the two waters of the rivers run side by side without mixing. It is one of the main tourist attractions of Manaus.
This phenomenon is due to the differences in temperature, speed and water density of the two rivers. The Rio Negro flows at near 2 km/h (1.2 mph) at a temperature of 28 °C (82 °F), while the Rio Solimões flows between 4 and 6 km/h (2.5–3.7 mph) at a temperature of 22 °C (72 °F).
2-21-01 Praying Mantis that came aboard the canoe while we were going through the jungle and Walking on a trail through the jungle
Belén Life _0549
Many of the homes within the Belén area are built near the river. During the wet season the water level rises. To accommodate the rise and fall of water levels, their homes are built upon high stilts allowing the water to flow beneath. Also, balsa logs are used as floating pontoons upon which homes are built. As the water level drops during the dry season, those once floating homes rest upon often uneven ground as though the wait for the oncoming rains to level out their homes once again.
We hired a gentleman to take us on a boat ride on the Marañon river giving the opportunity to photograph the town and life along the river.
Note: this image was previously uploaded onto Flickr. It is again uploaded only for the purpose of placing this entire set into my collection called "exhibitions".
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