on the upperAmazon, lies only about 600 miles (965 km) northeast ofLima, the capital, but, before the airplane, travelers between the cities often chose a 7,000-mile (11,250-km) trip via the Amazon, theAtlanticandCaribbean, theIsthmus of Panama, and the Pacific, rather than the shorter...
National Mall, in Washington, D.C., broad promenade and greensward extending westward from the Capitol to the Potomac River beyond the Lincoln Memorial. The National Mall is as wide (in the north–south dimension) as the grounds of the Capitol; it is bou
The map shows that the Amazon River originated in this mountain range that has not been explored by Europeans and flows eastward to the sea. The researchers found that Birry Reis in the first picture of the Amazon River, the river flows through the line has been drawn to the Pala River,...
Map illustration for the Canal & River Trust and the Sheffield & Tinsley part of the canal. The map needed to include about 20 or so points of interest, plus icons for transport, street art and paths. Apart from that we also wanted to bring a bit of fun to the map and show all the...
such as those in the tropical Amazon at multidecadal time scales, over large spatial domains, and with high spatiotemporal frequency is essential for advancing river morphodynamic theory, identifying controls on migration, and understanding the roles of climate and human influences on planform ...
[Amazon] Link•Categories Surveying•Tags books, history of cartography, Monmonier Antarctica at Eight-Metre Resolution Published on 20 November 2018 by Jonathan Crowe The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica is a terrain map of nearly the entire continent at eight-metre resolution, assembled...
Last year saw an uptick in fire activity in the Amazon basin. This year a new tool has been released that aims to help classify the fires being observed. The Amazon Dashboard classifies each fire as a deforestation fire, a savanna fire, a small clearing and agricultural fire, or an unders...
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Below are the Top 10 surprising findings from the 2020 Map of Biodiversity Importance initiative. 01 / 10 1. Rainforests and coral reefs aren't the only places that matter. When most people think about biodiversity hotspots, they envision lush rainforests like the Amazon basin, or coral reefs ...
Learn how the Brazilian government incentivized forest clearing in the Amazon for beef production and ranchingDeforestation of the Amazon River basin has followed a pattern of cutting, burning, farming, and grazing. This process is then repeated on adjacent plots of land, steadily pushing back the ...