Nile or Amazon? It’s not as straightforward as you think. Let’s untangle the science, measurements, and muddy sources behind ...

Adventure on the Amazon: An aerial view of the Amazon River near Iquitos, in Peru's Loreto Region.In 2024, an expedition group will set out to travel a 7,000-kilometer (4,350-mile) Amazon River ...

Armchair travelers, get ready to go to the Amazon River. Google Inc. announced Wednesday that street view images of the Amazon’s Rio Negro Reserve is now available through Google’s Street View ...

Parts of the world’s largest rainforest is suffering its worst drought. Amazon rivers in Brazil, including the Negro River and Madeira River, have fallen to record low water levels.

NASA released a map showing the newly proposed source of the Amazon River, a change that would make it the longest river in the world. Last month Brazilian researchers proposed Mount Mismi, a snow ...

Weight of flooded Amazon river causes Earth to sink 3 inches. Ohio State University news release. October 5, 2005. A topographic map of a section of the central Amazon River Basin near in Manaus ...

The map is based on a U.S. Geological Survey database of the direction water is flowing at every point on Earth. ... the Amazon River is more than 400 miles longer than the Mississippi River alone.

Before and After Photos Show River in Amazon Dry Up Published Oct 09, 2023 at 9:25 AM EDT Updated Oct 09, 2023 at 4:09 PM EDT ...

What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.

The newly discovered Amazon River reef is under yet another big threat. Up to 125 portions of the river substrate were acquired by the petroleum industry for exploratory drilling in 2013.

The eight countries that comprise the Amazon River basin agreed on several initiatives to curtail deforestation in the world’s largest and most important rainforest. By Manuela Andreoni and Max ...