Deplete Amazon
The Amazon Basin in South America is facing the most severe drought in history. Great majestic rivers are now only languid creeks. The streams and lakes are drying up. From Peru to Braz
The Amazon Basin in South America is facing the most severe drought in history. Great majestic rivers are now only languid creeks. The streams and lakes are drying up. From Peru to Brazil to the east of the Amazon, the impact of drought has alarmed.
Due to a severe lack of rain from January 1.2005, the largest basin in the world (stretching over 6,000km) has become dead lands. The vulture flocked to tear the meat of the freshwater dolphins to die in the middle of the riverbed. Dead fish floats with many clumps of rivers, polluting rare water sources. Rivers that are the main arteries that connect communities now become segregated borders.
Many residents in this area have to use small boats, or even walk to find their way to use water in remote areas that they have never been to. Waterway traffic also interferes with farming and affects regional trade. In Brazil's Amazonas state, about 32,000 households have been isolated from drought in cities and more than 100,000 other households have been confined in remote villages.
Photo editor Daniel Beltra (ZUMA Press Photo Company) reported on the historic drought of the Amazon region through this impressive photo. His photo collection was released from the theme of Environment in the World Press Photo International Press Photo Contest last year.
From above can see sand in the river.The water level was so low that waterway traffic was interrupted in many places along the 6,000km of the Amazon River
The 12,000-hectare Lake Rei Lake area is now desert
Giant sand dunes appear along the Rio Negro river in Brazil
Rivers that are the main arteries that connect communities now become segregated borders
The deadly fish died of a block of Rio Negro
Lake Rei Lake fishermen left the boats in the lake dry
The useless ferries at Solimões.Sand has accounted for 60% of the area of this river
The river level has fallen so low that large vessels cannot now dock at São Raimundo
After the rainy season, the water has risen again, but in many places like Madeira it takes months to return to normal
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Photo: Daniel Beltra (ZUMA Press Photo Company)
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