Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Yacuruna are a mythical water people of the Amazon basin who live in beautiful underwater cities, often at the mouths of rivers. Belief in the Yacuruna is most prominently found among indigenous people of the Amazon. [1] The term is derived from the Quechua language, yaku ("water") and runa ("man").
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.
Map of the Amazon river basin. The Hamza and the Amazon are the two main drainage systems for the Amazon Basin. The reported flow rate of the Hamza, at approximately 3,000 cubic metres (110,000 cu ft) per second, is 3% of the Amazon's. [3] It runs west to east, some 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) below the Earth's surface, and follows roughly the ...
The Tapajós River basin accounts for 6% of the water in the Amazon Basin, making it the fifth largest in the system. [ 12 ] From the lower Arinos River (a tributary of Juruena) to the Maranhão Grande falls are a more or less continuous series of formidable cataracts and rapids; but from the Maranhão Grande to the mouth of Tapajós, about 188 ...
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
The Xingu River (/ ʃ iː ŋ ˈ ɡ uː / sheeng-GOO; Portuguese: Rio Xingu [ˈʁi.u ʃĩˈɡu]; Mẽbêngôkre: Byti [5]: 73 ) is a 1,640 km (1,020 mi) [1] river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin , [ 6 ] accounting for about 5% of its water.
The Ocean Photographer of the Year awards announced the winners of its 2024 contest featuring stunning images of underwater wildlife. 12 award-winning underwater photos give rare glimpses beneath ...
Water games are games played in a body of water, such as a swimming pool, pond, lake, or river. Chicken fight Two person teams: one team member sitting on the shoulders of his or her teammate or riding piggy-back. The object of the game is to knock-down or separate an opposing team through a team effort. Gator