Brazil finds the world's largest source of freshwater

On May 3, the Brazilian National Geographic Institute (SGN) affirmed that the new Amazon river aquifer discovered by these scientists is the largest underground freshwater reserve in the world so far known.

SGN director Marco Oliveira estimates the aquifer extends from the estuaries of the Amazon River system to the Andes footprint, with an area of ​​up to 4 million km ² , three times the area of ​​the aquifer. Guarani water - located in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and previously considered the world's largest underground freshwater reserve.

In mid-April, some Brazilian scientists announced the discovery of the huge freshwater reserve in the north of the country.

According to published data, the Amazon aquifer has an average thickness of 545m and a volume of 86,000km of freshwater, double the reserves of the Goarani aquifer.

Mr Oliveira said the existence of this aquifer has been predicted for a long time, but after 30 years of research and data collection, Brazilian scientists have been able to confirm that this is a water reserve. largest planet underground sweet./.