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Negro (Black) and Solimoes Rivers, afluents of the Amazon River (Brazil). The different color is due to the different sediments in the rivers. INPE - Brazilian Institute in Spatial Research. |
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Pigment distributions off the northeast coast of South America (left,
Sept. 1979) are dominated by the influence of two great rivers--the Amazon
and the Orinoco--which together contribute 20 percent of the global river
discharge to the ocean. The Orinoco plume extends into the Caribbean, while
the Amazon plume flows north along the Brazilian coast and then meanderseastward
across the Atlantic, influenced by the North Equatorial Countercurrent.
Ocean Color from Space
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Satellite Measured Sea Surface Temperature NOAA
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GOES-8 and -10 5-Day Running SST Composite. |