Evolution & development Hydrological link between the Amazon River Basin and the eastern Guiana Shield on the Neotropical ichthyofauna AUBURN UNIVERSITY Jonathan W. Armbruster de SouzaLesley SalesThe seasonal inundation of the Rupununi savannas in south central Guyana allows for potential faunal exchange ...
Into the Wild Amazon - River Expedition Cruise 5 days from $510 USD per day The Into The Wild Amazon cruise visits the most essential areas to observe the flora and fauna … River Boat Tucano Next departure on Feb. 19, 2025 Add to Shortlist + ...
Brazil - Rivers, Amazon, Basin: Brazil is drained by the Amazon River, which is the centrepiece of the most extensive river system in the world, and by other systems that are notable in their own right—the Tocantins-Araguaia in the north, the Paraguay-P
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In the Amazon River basin, dendritic structure and connectivity have varied through time as a result of the gradual uplift of the Andes since ~80 Ma and the repeated flooding of large areas of western Amazonia. Phylogenetic and palaeontological datasets indicate that the fish fauna of the Amazon...
More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The accumulated negative environmental effects of existing dams and proposed dams, if constructe
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Among the mammals are the manatee (in the river’s mouth) and the river dolphins— Inia geoffroyensis and others. There are numerous fishes (approximately 2,000 species, or one-third of all the freshwater fauna in the world). The arapaima (approximately 4 m long) is of economic ...
With more than 2,200 species the Amazon basin has a larger fish fauna than any other river basin on Earth, and Amazonia is the center of diversity for Neotropical fishes. The Amazon basin is home to the red-bellied piranha, an omnivorous forager that encompasses a larger geographic area than...
During the Victorian era numerous European scientists documented much about the flora, fauna, and the people of the region. With this documentation came the perception that the Amazon region held great agronomic potential due to the European sensibility of associating vigorous forest growth with ...