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Map of Amazon Basin. Amazon source in Andes Satellite images showing Amazon sediment plume in Atlantic.

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1 Map of Amazon Basin

2 Amazon source in Andes

3 Satellite images showing Amazon sediment plume in Atlantic

4 Satellite image showing Amazon mouth estuary

5 Amazon (winding)

6 Amazon (muddy) and Rio Negro (dark)

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9 Orinoco River

10 Atmospheric circulation: Mostly driven by heating at the equator.

11 Water circulation: Connected to atmospheric circulation

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13 Flooding along part of the Amazon

14 Amazon river scenery

15 Amazon River scenery

16 Amazon river meandering

17 Amazon wildlife

18 Amazon: flooded forest

19 Amazon flooded forest, showing waterline

20 Amazon Floating village (Iquitos)

21 Anavilhanas Archipelago

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23 Canoeing in the Pantanal Wetlands

24 Pantanal Wetlands

25 Amazon: San Rafael Falls

26 Amazon Falls

27 Amazon deforestation – showing contrast

28 Exposed Amazon rainforest soil

29 Amazon deforestation (close-up)

30 Amazon deforestation

31 Congo basin

32 Nile

33 Mississippi Basin

34 Yenisey Basin (Russia)


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