Videos tagged with "basin"

The Big Amazonas River [02:02]
The Amazon River in South America is the second longest in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined (not including Madeira and Rio Negro, which are tributaries of the Amazon). The Amazon, which has the largest drainage basin in the world, about 7050000 square kilometres (2720000 sq mi), accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's total river flow. In its upper stretches, above the confluence of the Negro River, the Amazon is called Solimões in Brazil; however, in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, as well as the rest of the Spanish-speaking world, the river is generally called the Amazon downstream from the confluence of the Marañón and Ucayali rivers in Peru. The Ucayali-Apurímac river system is considered the main source of the Amazon. The width of the Amazon varies between 1.6 and 10 kilometres (1.0 and 6.2 mi) at low stage, but expands during the wet season to 48 kilometres (30 mi) or more. The river enters the Atlantic Ocean in a broad estuary about 240 kilometres (150 mi) wide. The mouth of the main stem is 80 kilometres (50 mi).[5] Because of its vast dimensions, it is sometimes called The River Sea. The first bridge in the Amazon river system (over the Rio Negro) opened on October 10, 2010. It is just outside Manaus. In this video you see the amazong flooding station in Leticia - Amazonas 2012.
Tags: Amazon, River, South, America, Madeira, Rio, Negro, Trains, Boats, Aircraft, Tourism, Water, Solimoes, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Amazonas, Marañom, Ucayali, Manaus, Iquitos, Leticia, flood, flooding, Kayak

S. America 1986 A02: Quito & the Equator (Ecuador) [08:17]
... the valley at the end of the video is the inside of an extinct volcano!
Tags: Rangutan, Ecuador, Equator, Equador, Quito, MITAD, DEL, MUNDO, Casitahua, volcano, caldera, market, Guayllabamba, river, basin, Pichincha, 1985, december, Andes

Ecuador Adventure 3, Andes to Amazon Basin.wmv [08:27]
Spectacular downhill drive from Quito (3km high) to the gate of Amazon basin (0.8km above sea level). Recorded in Feb. 2012.
Tags: Ecuador.

Tiger Heron Ecuador [01:12]
Nice look at a Rufescent Tiger-Heron along creek near Napo River in Ecuador, Amazon Basin.
Tags: Heron, tiger-heron, Amazon basin, Rufescent, Napo, Ecuador, Bird, Birds, Nature

Capped Heron in Amazon Basin, Ecuador [00:58]
A capped heron fishes for tadpoles near water's edge. Near Napo River in Ecuador.
Tags: Ecuador, Capped Heron, Birds, Amazon Birds, Amazon Rainforest, Napo River Region, Amazon Basin