RIO DE JANEIRO: What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good. READ HERE:
Using boats run on solar energy and pedal power, an international team of explorers plans to set off in April 2024 to the source of the Amazon in the Peruvian Andes, then travel nearly 7,000 kilometers across Colombia and Brazil, to the massive river's mouth on the Atlantic.'The main objective is to map the river and document the biodiversity' of the surrounding ecosystems, the project's coordinator, Brazilian explorer Yuri Sanada, told Agence France-Presse.
If accepted, that would mean the Amazon 'is actually 77 kilometers longer than what geographers had thought previously,' he told AFP.Aerial view showing a boat speeding on the Jurura river in the municipality of Carauari, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon Forest, on March 15, 2020. AFP PHOTORafts, horses, solar canoes Sanada's expedition will trace both the Apurimac and Mantaro sources.One group, guided by Contos, will travel down the Mantaro by white-water rafting.
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