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Freshwater influx

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Freshwater influx

01/09/2010 940 views 0 likes 202996 ID

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The image, derived from SMOS data in July 2010, clearly shows the plume of fresh Amazon River water as it enters the Atlantic Ocean.

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I. Corbella, UPC / Google Earth
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