Amazon: The Planet Great Freshwater Network
The basin holds thousands of species and a river network that sustains communities, economies and ecosystems
Rafa Neddermeyer/Agência Brasil
When the world imagines the Amazon, the first image is usually the forest. Giant trees, wide rivers, riverside communities and an immense green expanse stretching across South America. But there is a less visible Amazon, hidden beneath the surface: a vast freshwater network that functions as one of the planet’s great biological structures.
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