Satellite image of the Amazon Delta captured by NASA in 2005.

The Amazon Delta (Portuguese: delta do Amazonas) is a huge river delta formed by the Amazon River and the Tocantins River (through the Pará River distributary channel), in northern South America.[1][2][3] It is located in the Brazilian states of Amapá and Pará[4] and encompasses the Marajó Archipelago, whose largest island is Marajó Island. The main cities located in the vicinity are Belém and Macapá (both with their respective metropolitan regions).[5]

References

  1. ^ Geografia do Brasil: Região norte. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 1977.
  2. ^ de Araujo Barbosa, C. C.; Atkinson, P.; Dearing, J. (December 2014). "The spatial extent of change in tropical forest ecosystem services in the Amazon delta". AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. United States: ADS Abstract Service (Harvard University). 2014: PA21A–11. Bibcode:2014AGUFMPA21A..11D.
  3. ^ "NASA Images: STS046-80-009 > Mouths of the Amazon River, Brazil, South America". images.nasa.gov. United States: NASA. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. ^ "Fapespa participa de workshop sobre indicadores de vulnerabilidade do Delta do Amazonas". FAPESPA. 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  5. ^ Benchimol, Samuel. Manual de introdução 'a Amazônia. Manaus: Edição Reprográfica.
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