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Nutrient flows into the Amazon and Atlantic
- "Every day, some 1.3 million tons of sediment pour from the mouth of the Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean. The abundance of sediment—bits of rocks, soil, and clay carried by currents or resting on the bottom—is what gives much of the main stem of the Amazon River its milky brown color" - Excerpt from NASA Earth Observatory
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