Only the youngest and strongest villagers now brave the crossing of a vast, blistering stretch of sand where, in normal times, the waters of the mighty Madeira River flow in the Brazilian Amazon.
Ticks, tarantulas and unchartered territory, oh my! A UK explorer has discovered the source of an uncharted Amazon river and two waterfalls, accomplishing this feat all while being stalked by a ...
A British explorer has discovered the source of an uncharted Amazon river - despite being stalked by jaguars and ravaged by insects. Ash Dykes, 33, and his fellow adventurers Jacob Hudson ...
More than 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles) from Chapada dos Veadeiros to the Northeast, the Amazon — the world’s most voluminous river — and one of its main tributaries, the Madeira River ...
“And it is expected to get worse,” he added. The Madeira River, a major tributary of the Amazon River that stretches for 3,300 kilometres (2,050 miles) over Brazil and Bolivia, reached its ...