Amazon Basin sediment accumulation influenced by La Niña - Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)

All the current events

© IRD / Olivier Barrière Arable land denshering around Elahé, Amerindian village Wayana in French Guiana Indigo 44480  

You are here: Home / The media centre / Scientific newssheets / Amazon Basin sediment accumulation influenced by La Niña

Amazon Basin sediment accumulation influenced by La Niña

October 2003

Scientific newssheets

© IRD / André Fatras Formation du rio Madeira, un des quatre principaux tributaires de l'Amazone: Confluence des rios Beni et Mamore à la frontière Bolivie-Brési Indigo 11981  

Enormous quantities of sediment are deposited in the flood-plains traversed by the Amazon and its tributaries in times of flooding.