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Article: BRAZIL: EXPEDITION OUT TO PROVE THE AMAZON IS WORLD'S LARGEST RIVER.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- May 24, 2007
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According to anba: Which is the largest river in the world? Would it be the Nile, in Africa, or the Amazon, in Brazil? Seeking an answer, the scientific expedition "To the Riverhead of the Amazon" has left last Sunday to Peru, in order to measure the extension of the river. During the ten days of the expedition, Brazilian researchers and documentary filmmakers will count on the support of Peruvian scientists. The team wants to identify the true head of the Amazon River, the place where it actually starts to run. They are going to collect data of the main streams that originate the Amazon waters. To accomplish the task, the team will have 4x4 vehicles, and in some areas it ...