Amazon Reef by https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276 The 9,500 square kilometres system is located where the mighty Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean en-us 2018-02-14 19:40:10 UTC 2025-11-15 00:09:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Reef information touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231688251 The reef lies at the mouth of the Amazon river basin, along the northern coast of Brazil, extending from Brazil’s border with French Guiana to the state of Maranhao. It is one of the largest reef systems in the world, measuring approximately 1,000 km in length and covering an area of almost 9,500 km]]> 2018-02-14 19:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231688251 Reef Geography and Ecology touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231690410 The Amazon Reef lies at the mouth of the Amazon River basin, along Brazil's northern coast. The reef covers an area of almost 9,500 km, bordering three Brazilian states: Maranhão, Pará and Amapa and is located at least 120 km from the coast. And also lies along the coastline of French Guiana.]]> 2018-02-14 19:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231690410 Human Usage touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231692894 Plans to drill for oil near the newly discovered Amazon Reef – one of the largest in the world – have been attacked by leading scientists, conservationists and explorers.

The reef extends for about 600 miles off the north coast of Brazil, near the mouth of the mighty Amazon river, and covers an area about half the size of Wales.

]]> 2018-02-14 19:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231692894 Environmental threats touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231695507 oil is one of the threats even thought it is also a usage it is a threat because the run off ]]> 2018-02-14 19:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231695507 conservation touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231696597 Large rivers create major gaps in reef distribution along tropical shelves. The Amazon River represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean, generating up to a 1.3 × 106–km2 plume, and extensive muddy bottoms in the equatorial margin of South America. As a result, a wide area of the tropical North Atlantic is heavily affected in terms of salinity, pH, light penetration, and sedimentation. Such unfavorable conditions were thought to imprint a major gap in Western Atlantic reefs. ]]> 2018-02-14 20:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231696597 images touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231697224 2018-02-14 20:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231697224 images touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231697784 2018-02-14 20:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231697784 images touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231697921 2018-02-14 20:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231697921 images touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231698069 2018-02-14 20:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231698069 News artical touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231698747 2018-02-14 20:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231698747 videos touchton73 https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231699816 2018-02-14 20:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/touchton73/4mozt5q58276/wish/231699816