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Drought has Amazon tributary at record low levels (AP)

October 25th, 2010

A man walks past a boat sitting at the dry Rio Negro river in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. The Rio Negro river, one of the Amazon river's largest tributaries, registered historic draught levels this weekend, which could affect thousands of fishing communities in the region. According to Brazilian civil defense officials, the depth of the Black river dropped by six centimeters. (AP Photo/Bruno Kelly)AP - A severe drought has dropped water levels on a major Amazon tributary to their lowest point since officials began keeping records more than a century ago, the government reported Monday, cutting off dozens of communities who depend on the river for work and transportation.


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