Meeting of Waters
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meeting-of-waters-217-4700431
title:
Meeting of Waters
text:
The Meeting of Waters is the confluence between the dark (blackwater) Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored (whitewater) Amazon River, referred to as the Solimões River in Brazil upriver of this confluence. For 6 km (3.7 mi) the waters of the two rivers run side by side without mixing. This phenomenon is one of the main tourist attractions of Manaus. The river then flows another 60 km (37 mi) before mixing fully, but the phenomenon persists incompletely for another 30 km (19 mi). This phenomenon
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Natural phenomonen of the Rio Negro and Solimões River
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_of_Waters
date created:
2008-08-21T22:06:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T09:06:50Z
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