7M Geography Assesment The Amazon river by Bianca https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8 The Amazon River en-us 2016-08-09 02:15:47 UTC 2024-05-07 09:43:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png The Amazon bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/118232559 The Amazon river is one of the biggest rivers on the Earth's surface. The Amazon River is the world's largest river by way of the quantity of water. It is approximately 12 gigalitres in volume and 12 billion litres of water flows down the river every minute today. The Amazon river is 6992 km long, 1.60934 km - 48.2803 km extensive and the basin is 7,500,000 km2. The Amazon River has two seasons; the dry season and the wet season. In the wet and rainy season it can go up to 48.2803 km wide. The Amazon River is a river that goes through Amazon rainforest in South America and goes through Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. The Amazon rainforest covers 40% of South America. Francisco Orellana explored the Amazon river in 1541 and 1542. The River is named after the Greek warriors, Amazonias.]]> 2016-08-15 03:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/118232559 Cultural Value bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/118232604 The Amazon has many tribes and they have many ideals. The indigenous people believe that every plant, animal and river, there may be a spiritual life behind it. They also have a medicine man and they make remedies out of herbal ingredients. A few tribes eat people or outsiders and maintain their bones as souvenirs. Their meals, medicines and clothing are all natural from the forest. The tribes that live beside the river have to move their houses each 12 months when the wet season comes.




]]> 2016-08-15 03:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/118232604 Social Value  bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/118233612 The Amazon River is home to many people and there are many tribes throughout Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. 20 million humans live across the Amazon River in tribes using the water as a aid for meals, water and remedy. There are approximately 400 tribes in the Amazon rainforest. people come to the amazon river to fish which can be local to the river. There is a wave known as Pororoca that goes inwards as much as 800 km and can get up to 4m high. This happens each new and full moons and  attracts surfers from all over the world.]]> 2016-08-15 03:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/118233612 Economic Value (fishing) bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/118858201 The Amazon river has an extensive range of various fish so there are many human beings that fish within the Amazon river for income. Fishermen get $158,490,819 in line with 12 months and 168,315 jobs.


]]> 2016-08-19 02:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/118858201 Environmental Issues (over fishing)  bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/120461642 The Amazon waterway's biological communities are being influenced from overfishing, which affects the ecosystem and humans that depend on fish as they are high with nutrients. In the Amazon waterway there are around 2,200 types of fish in the Amazon river and these numbers are diminishing significantly as individuals are overfishing fish in the stream. fishermen come to fish and they pollute the waterway with junk.]]> 2016-08-30 02:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/120461642 bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/121255503 2016-09-02 04:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/121255503 bibliography bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/121662040 Amazon River | Facts, History, Animals, & Map
"Amazon River | Facts, History, Animals, &Amp; Map". Encyclopedia Britannica. N. p., 2016. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.


People of the Amazon
"People Of The Amazon". Greenpeace International. N. p., 2016. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.


5MWaterWorld - AMAZON RIVER
"5Mwaterworld - AMAZON RIVER".5mwaterworld.wikispaces.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.

Kiernan, J.
Kiernan, J. (2016). Mining Giants Head to Amazon Rain Forest . WSJ. Retrieved 12 September 2016, from http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014241

Amazon River | Greatest River
Amazon River | Greatest River. (2016).Extremescience.com. Retrieved 12 September 2016, from http://www.extremescience.com/amazon-river.htm

Proceedings of the second international symposium on the management of large rivers for fisheries: Volume II
Proceedings of the second international symposium on the management of large rivers for fisheries: Volume II. (2016). Fao.org. Retrieved 12 September 2016, from http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ad526e

AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture
AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture . (2016). Fao.org. Retrieved 14 September 2016, from






]]> 2016-09-06 02:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/121662040 Picture of people fishing fish in the amazon river to sell. bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/121991426 2016-09-07 02:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/121991426 Environmental issues (Deforestation) bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/123047940 The main environmental issue is deforestation. Deforestation removes the trees were the roots assist keep the soil together, stopping erosion from the rich soil into the river keeping the river clean but getting rid of the trees can cause soil erosion.]]> 2016-09-12 08:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/123047940 Economic value ( Mining and energy) bmalley https://padlet.com/bmalley/8f7hyacdl1k8/wish/123056989 When gold was found along the Amazon river people started to mine for it. Other resources mined include iron, steel, tin, nickel, manganese and copper. Mining companies could spend up to $24 billion between 2012 and 2016 to increase products of iron ore, bauxite and other materials found in the Amazon basin. The Amazon River is also known for hydroelectric power plant energy. Many businesses start to settle in the area in order to benefit the high possibility of power  supply to benefit from the power generated

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