Image:Amazon-river-NASA.jpg

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Description

Español: La bildo estas kopiita de wikipedia:en. La originala priskribo estas
English: A satellite image of a part of the Amazon River.
English: Original caption:
STS078-751-094 Amazon River, Western Para Province, Brazil June 1996
This image shows the flooded condition of a small section of the Amazon River,including the jungle towns of Obidos and Oriximina. The sun’s reflection off of the muddy looking river water, called sun glint or sunglitter, helps to identify land-water boundaries in this section of the Amazon River which is roughly midway between Manaus and the Amazon River Delta. By comparing this image to a detailed map of the area it is obvious that the river is flooding in the low lying areas that are adjacent to the floodplain of the main channel of the river. Large areas south of the main channel of the Amazon River are covered by standing water. Patches of cleared land can be identified within the densely vegetated terrain along the northeast side of the Amazon River. The main channel of the Rio Trombetas can be traced southeastward from the right edge of the picture until the river merges with the Amazon just west of the small jungle town of Obidos.

Source

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS078-751-94 ( file)

  • Photo credit: NASA

English-Wikipedia:

date/time username edit summary
02:26, 6 January 2005 en:User:Quadell (tagged)
18:08, 18 June 2004 en:User:Sverdrup (Image info)
18:06, 18 June 2004 en:User:Sverdrup (A satellite image of a part of the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_River" title="Amazon River">Amazon River</a>)

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