the rio Amazon from Manaus to Iquitos
This page follows on from page1 , examples of canals and ponds in the Amazon east of Manaus
the rio Amazon from Manaus to Iquitos
As mentioned on page1 , many rivers and tributaries throughout South america are interlinked by connecting rivers or canals. An example is marked on the map above
The interlink (Auati Paraná) between the Solimões (Amazon) and the Japurá/Paraná
The interlink (Auati Paraná) between the Solimões (Amazon) and the Japurá/Paraná as seen on Google earth.
The Japurá/Paraná is in the upper right hand corner and the Solimões (Amazon) in the lower left hand corner.
The upper entrance to the interlink (Auati Paraná)
showing signs of canalisation in the region.
The lower exit of the interlink (Auati Paraná) to the Solimões (Amazon)
also showing signs of canalisation in the region.
Close-up of one of the lower exits of the interlink (Auati Paraná) to the Solimões (Amazon)
also showing signs of canalisation.
Another exit to the rio Solimões (Amazon) showing signs of canalisation.
Re-routing, adaptation and improvement of natural channels. It is easy
to detect canals when they run in straight lines, but not so obvious when they follow the
natural contours or are adapted from existing features as above.
Many ox-bow lakes which otherwise would be cut off and dried up, are connected to a web of channels.
Another ox-bow lake connected to the channel circuit.
Life along the Amazon. In ancient times there were no roads...
the rivers and natural channels were used for transportation hence the usefulness of artificial links connecting different river systems.
See also the Orinocco to Amazon interlink canal.
More interconnected channels. The "Atl" of "Atlantis" means "water". We can see how important the waterways were for ancient peoples.
In this photo, the lower channel has been contrived to join the upper channel.
At its lower end it joins the river Amazon. You can see how the original
natural, parallel formations have been cut through.
Another example of curved natural channels which have been dug through with interconnecting channels.
An example of natural channels crossed by interconnected supply channels.
Detail of supply channel cutting into long natural channel.
This example is 440 English feet or 400 Sumerian feet wide.
Channels with curved entrance to another complex.
The simple life...
Nature running wild...
The mighty Amazon...
An oxbow with access from the river.
Another system of channels with an interlink canal....
Another zone and another system of channels, note the interlink canal at top....
Everything in this region is now covered in dense forest,
but a pond about 2000 metres long would be about 4000 Sumerian cubits or 10 furlongs in length, similar to those found in
Beni....
Crescent shaped lagoon.....
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Crescent shaped lagoon and entry channel..
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Concentric ox bow lakes with interconnecting channel...
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Another oxbow linked to river....
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Nearing Iquitos....
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A house by the river....
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Wild Amazonia....
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Wild Amazonia....
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Tamed Amazonia, fields of maize....
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A land of rivers....
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In the upper reaches, the Amazon rises in the Urubamba river....
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In the upper reaches, the Amazon rises in the Urubamba river....
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Entering the realm of the Inca....
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Arriving beneath a city on an escarpment....
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The location of Machu Picchu overlooking the Urubamba valley.
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The fabulous city of Machu Picchu, lost for several centuries until found by Hiram Bingham in 1910....
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J.M. Allen, January 2011
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