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With more competitors set to enter the space, Peruvian river cruise pioneer Delfin Amazon Cruises has adopted a new visual ...
Far from smoothie bars and powdered sachets, these wild Amazonian juices are pulped just hours after picking – making them ...
Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across parts of the Amazon.
The Brazilian portion of the Madeira River — the Amazon River’s largest tributary — has been losing about 10 percent of its flow per decade over the past 20 years, Mongabay reports. The decrease in ...
Much of South and Central America was hit by significant drought. Huge tributaries to the Amazon River all but dried up for the first time on record. Severe summer heat hit much of the Northern ...
See All Key Ideas In 2021, an army of dredges equipped to churn up the riverbed in search of gold invaded the largest tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. The structures lined up like walls ...
While the Amazon’s rainforests have dominated many conversations, the Amazon River and its tributaries are equally vital, both to the surrounding communities, who depend on them for food ...
The Amazon River is formed near the city of Manaus when the Negro River joins with the Solimoes River. The Negro River, which is the largest northern tributary to the Amazon, is also at record-low ...
Parts of three of the Amazon River’s most important tributaries — major rivers in their own right, each spanning over 1,000 miles — have also fallen to historical lows. The crisis has ...
One of the Amazon River's main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil's geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon ...
The Negro River, a major Amazon tributary, has hit its lowest level ever recorded at 12.66 metres due to severe drought, affecting daily activities in Manaus. With water levels expected to drop ...
the Amazon River’s longest tributary. The Negro River drains about 10% of the Amazon basin and is the world’s sixth-largest by water volume. Manaus, the biggest city in the rainforest ...