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Amazon River | Greatest River
Amazon Basin rises to 350,000 square km. When the flood plains and the Amazon River Basin flood during the rainy season the Amazon River can be up to 40km/24.8 mi wide. Where the Amazon opens at its estuary the river is over 325km/202 mi wide! Because the Amazon ...
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Wild World: Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forests @ nationalgeographic.com
Wild World: Southwestern Amazonian Moist Forests @ nationalgeographic.com Nestled in the southwestern reaches of the Amazon River Basin, this ecoregion is home to colorful birds, stealthy cats, and the slowest mammal on the ...
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National Geographic: Amazon River and Flooded Forests -- Conservation Tips
Amazon River and Flooded Forests -- Conservation Tips Amazon River and Flooded Forests: Conservation Tips The cyclical replenishment of nutrients carried in by the annual floods of the Amazon River Basin ...
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WWF - Dams in the Amazon
Amazon River Basin, governments have turned to hydropower to sustain industrial growth and the economy. But damming and disrupting water courses, the lifeline of the basin, comes at a ... 's Tucurui Dam and Amazon/Tocantins River Basin. http://www.dams.org/news_events/press296.htm. Accessed 07/10/05 2AmazonWatch. Belo Monte Dam. http://www.amazonwatch.org/amazon/BR/bmd/. Accessed 07 ...
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WWF - Amazon ecosystems
Amazon River Basin is a web of landscapes and ecosystems. This unique mosaic gives the area its unmatched biological richness and hence, its global value. The rivers shaping the Amazon River Basin Rivers ... and igapo (forests lining the blackwater rivers of the Amazon) are some of the common ecosystems found in the Amazon River Basin. Some of the most biodiverse ecoregions in the world ...
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Amazon Animals birds - wattled curassow natural history
Amazon River basin, only in lowland tropical forest, mostly along rivers and lake edges. In the wild, no individual has been found more than 1000 ft from the edge of a river, ... Bird Collection: Wattled Curassow back to the wattled curassow photo wattled curassow Quick links Amazon Home Animals Plants People Scenery Towns Artists Maps Conservation Space Images Links Search Contact ...
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amazon river blog
Amazon Basin. Extreme drought drops Amazon river to record low levels(10/7/2005) The Amazon River in Peru and parts of Brazil is at its lowest ... few compare to the so-called igapo (swamp forest) and varzea (flooded forest) of the Amazon River Basin, where large tracts of rainforest are inundated to depths of 40 feet during seasonal flooding ...
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ISPTR/PARD Tropical Rainforest - Preservation of the Amazon River Dolphin
Amazon River Dolphin Home Page Site Contents Be A Part of the Solution! Contact Info Statement of Purpose One Person Makes A Difference A Message of Hope Education Amazon River ... preservation of the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon Basin, by preserving it inhabitants: the people, pink and gray river dolphins, manatees, river otters, primates, birds, millions of insects, thousands ...
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ISPTR/PARD Tropical Rainforest - Preservation of the Amazon River Dolphin
Amazon River Dolphin Home Page Site Contents Be A Part of the Solution! Contact Info Statement of Purpose One Person Makes A Difference A Message of Hope Education Amazon River ... preservation of the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon Basin, by preserving it inhabitants: the people, pink and gray river dolphins, manatees, river otters, primates, birds, millions of insects, thousands ...
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Conservation International - The Amazon
Sojourns Home > Explore > Priority Areas > Wilderness Areas > The Amazon Explore Interactive Map Priority Areas The Hotspots Wilderness Areas The Amazon Congo Basin New Guinea North American Deserts Southern Africa Oceans & ... balance. At least for now. Most of Amazonia is healthy today. Its lifeline, the Amazon River, pours millions of gallons of water into the Atlantic every second and is wide ...
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