The one most important lesson I learned is related to the
size of the Amazon River, which begins in the Andes Mountain, is its sheer size. The graphic below illustrates this fact below.
We’ll have a couple of opportunities to see the “meeting ofthe waters.” Tributaries running into
the Amazon flow at different rates and have different amounts of sediment. You can see the meeting (and blending) of the
two parts together.
The unusual dolphins that exist in the water are pink in
color. Amazon dolphins are mostly blind and use
sonar to navigate. Of course, it would
be difficult for them to see in the muddy waters of the Amazon.
The ship has another day of travel before reaching this
system of water that deposits the largest amount of freshwater into the
Atlantic. |
| This graphic gives you some idea regarding the size of the Amazon Basin. |
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| "Meeting of the Waters" |
