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Evidence Points To Huge Underground River Beneath Amazon

Posted by timothy on from the how-they-do-the-prime-shipping dept.

chill writes "Researchers at the department of geophysics of the Brazil National Observatory have showed evidence of the existence of an underground river that flows 13,000 feet beneath the Amazon. The newly-named Hamza is said to be 3,700 miles long, flowing 13,000 feet below the Amazon. Both rivers flow from west to east, but the Hamza flows at only a fraction of the speed of Amazon."

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  1. No a river, it's called an Aquifer by thomasdz · · Score: 5, Informative

    Geesh.... the term "underground river" evokes an image of a continuous flow of only water perhaps going through a long cave or something... not water travelling through rock, also known as an "Aquifer"

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