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Mouths of the Amazon River, Brazil, South America
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Huge sediment loads from the interior of the country flow through the Mouths of the Amazon River, Brazil (0.5S, 50.0W). The river current carries hundreds of tons of sediment through the multiple outlets of the great river over 100 miles from shore before it is carried northward by oceanic currents. The characteristic "fair weather cumulus" pattern of low clouds over the land but not over water may be observed in this scene.
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Credit lineMouths of the Amazon River, Brazil, South America. NASA/JSC, 1991-08-11. Public domain. ID: s43-151-141.
