S46-80-006 - STS-046 - Mouths of the Amazon River, Brazil, South America
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Description: In this view of the Amazon River Mouth (0.0, 51.0W), a large sediment plume can be seen expanding outward into the Atlantic Ocean. The sediment plume can be seen hugging the coast north of the delta as a result of the northwest flowing coastal Guyana Current. In recent years, the flow of the Amazon has become heavily laden with sediment as soil runoff from the denuded landscape of the interior enters the Amazon River (and other rivers) drainage system..
Subject Terms: STS-46, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), BRAZIL, RIVERS, AMAZON REGION (SOUTH AMERICA), ATLANTIC OCEAN, COASTAL CURRENTS, ISLANDS, MOUTH, OCEANS, RIVER BASINS, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
Date Taken: 2/24/1999
Categories: Earth Observations
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
geon: BRAZIL
feat: GRANDE GURUPA I,AMAZON R
lat: -1
lon: -51.5
tilt: Low Oblique
cldp: 80
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