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Fires in Brazilian Amazon Threaten Native Civilizations Brazil (HDW) June 27, 2004
- In northeastern Mato Grosso state in south-central Brazil, numerous
streams and small rivers flow out of the Serra do Roncador highlands and
become the Xingu River, which flows northward for hundreds of miles and
empties into the Amazon not far from where it empties into the Atlantic.
In this image from June 27, 2004, the rainforest that remains around the
southern Xingu and its headwaters appears in the top center portion of
the scene, while all around, the forest is carved into the geometric shapes
of farms and cattle ranches. |
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