| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
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Roraima is the northern region of the Amazon basin.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
|
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Pemon settlements.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
|
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The landscape is scarred by regular fires.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
District : Rio Branco
|
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The Rio Branco ("White River").
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
District : Rio Branco
|
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The Rio Branco is a tributary of the Amazon.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
District : Rio Branco
|
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Boat on the river.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
District : Rio Branco
|
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Washing clothes in the river.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
District : Rio Branco
|
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The banks of the river are forested.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
District : Rio Branco
|
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Crossing the river by vehicle ferry.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
|
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Small settlements close tor the equator.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Roraima
Region : Amazon Basin
|
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Shop near the equator.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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The city of Manaus.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Manaus is the largest port on the Amazon.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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The city is on the confluence of the Rio Negro and Rio Solimoes which together form the River Amazon.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Manaus is 1450km from the sea and the entire distance is navigable.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Manaus is at the heart of the Amazon basin and much travel is by boat.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Manaus was founded in 1699 as a fortress.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Fish Market
|
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The covered fish market.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Fish Market
|
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The market has many species of fish from the Amazon.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Fish Market
|
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Fileting a fish.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Street scene in the old city.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Fishing nets for sale.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Tropical rain.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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The municipal market was built in 1882 and designed by Gustav Eiffel.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Manaus is a city of elegant buildings.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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The Custom House was built by the British in 1906.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Municipal clock.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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The cathedral.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Teatro Amazonas
|
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Teatro Amazonas was built at the height of the city's rubber boom in 1896.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Teatro Amazonas
|
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Columns made from Italian marble.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Teatro Amazonas
|
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Ceiling paintings.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Building with Portuguese style tiles.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Churrascos are meat grills, popular all over Brazil.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Amazon Research Centre
|
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Local art.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Amazon Research Centre
|
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Amazonian shack.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Amazon Research Centre
|
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Fresh water manatee.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Amazon Research Centre
|
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The Seringueira tree produces latex used as natural rubber.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Amazon Research Centre
|
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Water turtles.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Amazon Research Centre
|
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Macaw.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Amazon Research Centre
|
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Jacares are an Amazonian alligator.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Amazon Research Centre
|
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Macaque monkey.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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The Amazon River at Manus is very wide.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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Small boats by the riverside.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Port
|
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Most Manaus trade is by river.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Port
|
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Manaus has an enormous port covering a large area.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Port
|
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The floating docks were built in 1906. The hinged roadway is 150m long and can vary its water level by 14m.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Port
|
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Selling fruit at the passenger ferries.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Port
|
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An Amazon ferry that can make the 1450km downriver journey to the coast and navigate upriver to ports in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Port
|
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Wood panelling on a ferry with cabins.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Port
|
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An enormous selection of Amazon ferries at the dock.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
Site / Event : Port
|
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An Amazon ferry waiting to begin the four day journey to the coastal cities.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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The black Rio Negro and the yellow Rio Solimoes meet but do not mix for eight kilometres.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
City / Town : Manaus
|
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The black waters of the Rio Negro (containing tannin from the rain forest) and the yellow of the Rio Solimoes (containing sediment from the Andes).
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The River Amazon is the world's second longest river (6275m).
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The Amazon is the world's largest river by volume carrying 20 percent of the world's fresh water.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The Amazon river system has over 1100 tributaries, 80,000km of which is navigable.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Family on an Amazon ferry.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Parintins
|
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Parintins is a port set on an Amazonian island (Tupinambarana).
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Parintins
|
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Amazonian ports are mainly accessible by boat rather than road.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Parintins
|
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Water melons.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Parintins
|
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People at the dockside.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Parintins
|
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Amazonian child.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The Amazon rainforest contains 20% of the world's rain forest.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Sea going ships ply the river, which reaches a width of over 10km.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Juruti is one of the many ports on the river.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Local river transport.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Riverside settlement.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Sunset over the river in the centre of the Amazon region.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Santarem
|
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Santarem is a port that was once the centre of rubber production.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Santarem
|
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Unloading cargo at the port.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Santarem
|
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Refuelling for the boats.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Santarem
|
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Timber for export.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Santarem
|
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Amazonian ferry.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The meeting of the Amazon (yellow) with the black Rio Tapajos.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The Rio Tapajos meets the Amazon and the two waters do not mix for several km.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Dramatic skies over the Amazon.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The Amazon Rainforest is the largest in the world, generating 20 percent of the planet's oxygen.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Young boy on a small boat.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The Amazon Rainforest contains 30 per cent of the world's rain forest.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Villagers on the River Amazon.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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Garupa is a port town.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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Many of the buildings are wooden and on stilts.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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Some buildings have Portuguese style tiles.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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River boat about to dock.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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Two girls on the dock.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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Two porters.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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Colonial church.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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Life on the river.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
City / Town : Garupa
|
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Houseboat.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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One of the many islands on the Amazon which can reach a length of 100km.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Settlement on the banks of the river.
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1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The river splits into many channels.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The narrow channels near the mouth of the river.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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The Amazon flows through narrow forested channels as it approaches the sea.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Riverside house.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Settlement on the banks of the Amazon, the world's longest river (6275km).
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Local villagers travelling by small canoe.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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House with a jetty.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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Settelemnt on the River Amazon.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Amazon Region
Region : River Amazon
|
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People waiting on a jetty.
|
1998 |
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