Geography 2071F/G Lecture : Notes of Rivers of the World.docx
10 Apr 2014
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In the eastern region of the basin is the clear water regions where there is hardly any sediment or organic material: when these tributaries meet, some interesting effects occur like swirls, linear differences which happens because of mixing of different types of water, bank erosion contributes a massive amount of sediment to the river, only a small amount of that sediment flows into the atlantic which builds up new banks because of floodplains and what not. Human impact: south america is growing very quickly and therefore the amazon is becoming that much more important, no bridges because it is so wide/ also no dams on the river itself, road network is expanding making it easier for people to live there however the flooding still makes it quiet difficult, belo monte dam is in construction on the xingu river of the amazon, one of the most controversial engineering projects in the world.
