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Pink dolphin swims between Rio Negro & Solimões waters

The renown 4,000 mile long Amazon River flows through Amazonas. Approximately two-thirds
of the river and 60% of Amazon drainage basin is located in Brazil. “If the Amazon drainage
basin were a country it would be the 7th largest in the world” (Rainforest Cruises). In Manaus,
there is section of the Amazon River tributaries where the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões meet
known as ‘The Meeting of the Waters’ (pictured above). This phenomenon is unique because

the waters never mix due to the fact each of the river’s waters have distinct differences in
temperature, speed, and water density.
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