Geography class: Amazon river at lowest in 121 years
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Rivers, climate change
Click to view the article below and then answer the questions:
The climate graph explained: Amazon river at lowest in 121 years
Describe the extent of the drought in Amazonas, Brazil
What are the effects of the drought locally and globally.?
Explain what the two graphics show about the effects of drought on the Rio Negro river
Explain with reasons which of the two graphics you think best shows the effects of the drought on the Rio Negro river
Stephen Schwab, geography consultant and author
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