fenomena alami
On 2011 8 26 12:50, "Franciscus B Sinartio" <fbsinar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Scientists find underground river beneath Amazon
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> Brazilian scientists have discovered an underground river some 4,000
meters
> (13,000) feet deep, which flows from west to east like the country's
> famous waterway.
> A statement this week from Brazil's National Observatory named the
underground river Hamza and said it
> represents one of two different draining systems for the large
> rainforest region.
> A team of scientists led by
> Elizabeth Pimentel came to the conclusion from studying 241 wells
> drilled by the state oil giant Petrobras in the Amazon region.
> Even though the two rivers cover a
> similar path they have differences. The underground river flows at a far
slower pace and empties into the ocean deep underground.
> "It is likely that this river is
> responsible for the low level of salinity in the waters around the mouth
of the Amazon," the statement said.
