The Amazon River System by https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck 7 Geography en-us 2016-08-09 02:38:01 UTC 2025-05-08 17:59:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png About The Amazon River ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/117760771 The Amazon River is located in Brazil, South America. It is 6,992 km in length. It also runs through Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. The Amazon and the tributaries contribute to the largest river in the world. The average amount of excess water into the Atlantic Oceans is 175,000 m3 per second. The water discharged into the Atlantic Ocean is only one third of the water that falls into the basin. The mouth of the River goes into the Atlantic ocean, while the other water leads to the basin.

]]> 2016-08-09 02:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/117760771 Social Values of the Amazon River ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/117775865 All humans interact with the Amazon River in different ways, some of these are listed below. The river is used to make scientific discoveries such as the Araguaia  fresh water dolphin. It is also used for transport. Native Indians make small sailing boats and canoes to go fishing, these boats are made out of wood and most have bark roof to provide shade from the sun. It has been inhabited for over 10,000 years continuously. In 1541 the Spanish arrived on their shores, because they were running out of supplies. This was the first recorded time that the Amazonian's were discovered by outsiders.


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  •  Over 1 million Amazonian's live next to or near the river.
  • These people are divided into over 400 different tribes, each with their own language, traditions, history and land. 
  • The Amazonian's have very little or no contact with the outside and modern world.
  • The Brazilian Amazon is home to between 280,000 and 350,000 indigenous people, of which one third of which live traditionally, heavily dependent on the ancient forest for their spiritual and traditional way of life.
  • These tribes have been living on the river for centuries and have been relying on it for all their resources.
    • ]]>     2016-08-12 04:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118083924     ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118084717 This is an image of one of the many Amazonian Tribes that live around the amazon river basin.]]> 2016-08-12 04:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118084717 Economic Values ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118518906 The Amazon river is worth over $116291225220 Australian dollars to the Brazilian Government. The government in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia have created roads around the Amazon for transport. 1,500 rare fish species inhabit the Amazon River, around 25% of these are harvested for trade purposes. The Amazon River is also home to many rare Flora and Fauna species that many travel to see. There is an extremely large amount of tourism in and around the Amazon River. In the 1980’s it was discovered that the was Gold and bauxite under and along the Amazon River. Other minerals found include iron, steel, tin, nickel, manganese and copper. Recently the Governments of Brazil, Peru Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia allowed the Amazon river to be used for Hydroelectricity.
    https://news.mongabay.com/2013/02/amazon-river-ecosystems-being-rapidly-degraded-but-remain-neglected-by-conservation-efforts/


    ]]>     2016-08-17 02:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118518906     Example 2 ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118519051 The graph below shows the data of the growth in tourism in the Amazon Rainforest and the Amazon River region]]> 2016-08-17 02:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118519051 Example 1 ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118859018 Delfin Cruises owns two boats and has thirty members of staff altogether. This is an example of how the Amazon River contributes to the economy.]]> 2016-08-19 02:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118859018 ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118867140 This certain tribe has many different traditions and customs, but these are not yet understood by our culture.]]> 2016-08-19 04:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118867140 ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118867559 2016-08-19 04:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/118867559 Example 3 ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119042079 Below is a common example of how hydroelectricity is made. A more complex design is used for the Amazon River.]]> 2016-08-21 09:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119042079 Environmental Value ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119042152 Dams in the Amazon River have many good qualities for the environment and many bad qualities.  Flooding on the Amazon used to be a very large problem, until the dams were built the Amazon flooded many times a year often taking tribal possessions with it, and sometimes even people. But since the dams have interfered with the water flow this now rarely happens, and even if it does the effects are not as severe.  But building dams takes a toll on the environment. Because of the dams along the river, many animal’s migration paths have been interfered with. These animals include many fish and dolphin species. Many people in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia are against the building of dams, but the Governments cannot be swayed. Many local people have protested against the building of dams on the Amazon river. There are many good effects and bad effects to building dams on the Amazon, such as, the stopping of flooding and migration of animals. 



    ]]>     2016-08-21 10:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119042152     Bibliography ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119284597 - "About The Amazon". Wwf.panda.org. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Aug. 2016.

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    ]]>     2016-08-23 02:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119284597     ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119763981 2016-08-25 08:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119763981 Map of Dams ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119764334 The following diagram shows the position of dams on the Amazon River ]]> 2016-08-25 08:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/119764334 ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/120464716 2016-08-30 02:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/120464716 ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/120993765 This is a simple chart of how dams are made and used in the Amazon. This also produces hydroelectricity. ]]> 2016-09-01 02:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/120993765 The Yanomami Tribe ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/121256553 The Yanomami tribe is the largest of the Amazonian tribes. They live in Northern Brazil, near the Southern border of Venezuela. The tribe was found in the 1940's by the Brazilian Government, this was the first recorded time that this tribe had contact with the outside world. Like most tribes, the work is divided through gender, the men hunt (this is 10% of the food that the tribe has) while the women of the tribe gather nuts and tend to crops (this is 80% of the food the tribe has). Both women and men go fishing (this is the last 10% of the food that the tribe collects and grows).]]> 2016-09-02 04:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/121256553 ewright131 https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/121972441 2016-09-07 00:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ewright131/uh6xef7769ck/wish/121972441