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Heavy sediment loads play a role in making it one of the most sinuous rivers in the Amazon Basin.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published November 13, 2019
Data acquired May 27, 2019

Source:
Landsat 8