Underground river 'Rio Hamza' discovered 4km beneath the Amazon

[decadecadeca]

Underground river 'Rio Hamza' discovered 4km beneath the Amazon | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Brazilian scientists have found a new river in the Amazon basin – around 4km underneath the Amazon river. The Rio Hamza, named after the head of the team of researchers who found the groundwater flow, appears to be as long as the Amazon river but up to hundreds of times wider.

Both the Amazon and Hamza flow from west to east and are around the same length, at 6,000km. But whereas the Amazon ranges from 1km to 100km in width, the Hamza ranges from 200km to 400km.

[Bouncer]

Bro it's just the amazon that dripped down into a hole. Lol

[Mr I]

Thats huge I wonder if theyll provide video footage from dives soon

[Scrumhalf]

This was in the science news channels a few weeks ago. It is not a river in the conventional sense...

BBC News - Subterranean Amazon river 'is not a river'

[dna9488]

river or not, its cool. I wonder how much of life is still to be discovered down there.

[Bouncer]

Much of life to be discovered there my good buddy Dana!

[Scrumhalf]

river or not, its cool. I wonder how much of life is still to be discovered down there.

It is ground water moving at inches per year through porous sedimentary rock. I don't think you are going to have significant life in that subterranean "river."

[Mr I]

It is ground water moving at inches per year through porous sedimentary rock. I don't think you are going to have significant life in that subterranean "river."

But rock erodes so there will be streams or rivers. I bet there will be some ugly lucking fish critters under there. Some of those sea bed preditors are amomgst yhe scariesy looking creatures on earth

[Bouncer]

yea, i would put money on it that there is some cool life forms down there.

[BEAST]

Who gives a shit.