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Planet Ark World Environment News - in partnership with Colonial First State A Man Pulls His Boat Across The Mudflats Of A Drying Tributary Of The Amazon River, As The Season Drought Worsens To One Of The Worst In Recent Years, In Parana Do Paraua

Date: 25-Nov-09
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Marcio Silva

A Man Pulls His Boat Across The Mudflats Of A Drying Tributary Of The Amazon River, As The Season Drought Worsens To One Of The Worst In Recent Years, In Parana Do Paraua Photo: Reuters
Photo: Reuters

A man pulls his boat across the mudflats of a drying tributary of the Amazon River, as the season drought worsens to one of the worst in recent years, in Parana do Paraua, Amazonas State, November 24, 2009.

After a rainy season that caused some of the worst flooding in recent history, the seasonal drought that followed is proving to be especially bad as well.

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