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Geodesy and Geodynamics, 2021 In this study, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite observations, combining 71 continuous Global Positioning System (CGPS) data, are used to detect surface vertical loading deformation of the Amazon Basin during 2002–2020.
Jun Fang +3 more
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Primeiro registro de madeira de annonaceae para o neógeno da América do Sul, Bacia do Amazonas, Brasil [PDF]
, 2016 The relief of the regions of Manaus and Itacoatiara,Central Amazon, is supported by Neogene siliciclastic rocks, boundedat the base and top by lateritic paleosols and covered by quaternary sedimentarydeposits from the Solimões-Amazon river system.
Amaral Soares, Emilio Alberto +5 more
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, 1991 The Amazon Basin is by far the greatest river basin in the world. It drains an area of about 7 million square kilometers (2.73 million square miles), twice the area of the world’s second largest basin, that of the river Zaire (Congo) in Africa. Sloping down eastward from the foot of the Andes in the west, the enormous plains that make up most of the ...
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Post-drought decline of the Amazon carbon sink [PDF]
, 2018 Amazon forests have experienced frequent and severe droughts in the past two decades. However, little is known about the large-scale legacy of droughts on carbon stocks and dynamics of forests.
Choi, Sungho +9 more
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Ocean-Land-Atmosphere ResearchIn the boreal spring of 2022, a record-breaking rainfall event occurred in the northern Amazon basin, causing major economic and property damage. Using observational datasets and sensitivity tests from the linear baroclinic model, this study shows that ...
Yashi Lian +4 more
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Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Health in the Yangtze and Amazon River Basins
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017 As “kidneys of the earth”, wetlands play an important role in ameliorating weather conditions, flood storage, and the control and reduction of environmental pollution.
Rui Sun +4 more
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First records of the family Scoloplacidae (Siluriformes, Loricarioidei) in Colombia, including a range expansion of Scoloplax baileyi Rocha, Lazzarotto & Py-Daniel, 2012 [PDF]
Check List, 2018 The Neotropical family Scoloplacidae is a monogeneric group of miniature freshwater catfishes that includes 6 species. Scoloplax dicra has the widest distribution across the Amazon basin, except in the western upper portions.
Juan G. Albornoz-Garzón +6 more
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First record of the driftwood catfish Spinipterus acsi Akama & Ferraris, 2011 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) for Brazil, Juruá River, Amazon basin [PDF]
Check List, 2018 Spinipterus Akama & Ferraris, 2011 is a monotypic genus known only by the holotype of its single species S. acsi, described from a creek tributary to the Nanay River, in the Peruvian portion of the Amazon basin.
Bárbara B. Calegari +2 more
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Amazon Plume Salinity Response to Ocean Teleconnections
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) variability strongly influences rainfall changes in the Amazon River basin, which impacts on the river discharge and consequently the sea surface salinity (SSS) in the Amazon plume.
Pedro Tyaquiçã +13 more
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A baseline for assessing the ecological integrity of Western Amazon rivers
Communications Earth & EnvironmentAmazon freshwater systems influence global hydroclimatic patterns, host unparalleled biological diversity, and support unique social-ecological systems.
Elizabeth P. Anderson +20 more
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