Amazon Delta Explained

The Amazon Delta (Portuguese: delta do Amazonas

) is a huge river delta formed by the Amazon River and the Tocantins River (through the Pará River distributary channel), in northern South America.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is located in the Brazilian states of Amapá and Pará^[4] and encompasses the Marajó Archipelago, whose largest island is Marajó Island. The main cities located in the vicinity are Belém and Macapá (both with their respective metropolitan regions).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: 1977. Geografia do Brasil: Região norte. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Rio de Janeiro.
2. The spatial extent of change in tropical forest ecosystem services in the Amazon delta . de Araujo Barbosa . C. C. . Atkinson . P. . December 2014 . . United States . PA21A–11 . Dearing . J.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 2014AGUFMPA21A..11D.
3. Web site: NASA Images: STS046-80-009 > Mouths of the Amazon River, Brazil, South America . images.nasa.gov . . United States . 2020-03-28.
4. Web site: . 2015. Fapespa participa de workshop sobre indicadores de vulnerabilidade do Delta do Amazonas. FAPESPA. 2020-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200226211553/http://www.fapespa.pa.gov.br/noticia/1011. 2020-02-26. live.
5. Book: Benchimol, Samuel. Manual de introdução 'a Amazônia. Edição Reprográfica. Manaus.