In the heart of the Amazon rainforest ... Lake Tefé, on the northern bank of the Solimões River, is also heavily depleted. Photos of the lake last month show it dramatically shrunken compared ...
The drought is draining waterways and snarling the transport of grain exports and supplies that are the region's lifeline.
The Negro River drains about 10% of the Amazon basin and is the world’s sixth-largest by water volume. Manaus, the biggest city in the rainforest, is where the Negro joins the Amazon River.
The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought ...