Rio Tapajos at Alter do Chao, nr confluence with the Amazon; Para state, Brazil.


High sand bars seen on the Rio Tapajos, a tributary of the Amazon, during the dry season. Seen at Alter do Chao, just before the Tapajos's confluence with the Amazon at Santarem, 500 miles/800 km from the sea.


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Location: Rio Tapajos, Alter do Chao, nr Santarem, Amazon, Para state, Brazil, South America
Photo credit: © Nigel Hicks / Alamy / Afripics
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