Amazon Delta

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

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

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. U.S.: 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. U.S.: 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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