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Mighty Amazon (2/6)

This is also part of this series: Wild South America Series (6)

Subjects: Animals, Endangered Species, Environment, Forests, Nature, South American Studies

Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2000
Available in French: No

The Amazon basin is vast. From its mouth pours a fifth of all the river-water on Earth and 1000 miles upstream the river is still seven miles wide. The rivers and tributaries of the Amazon support an incredible diversity of fish life – in fact ten times the number found in the whole of Europe. This is the story of how wildlife has adapted to this watery world, and in particular to the incredible seasonal changes in river level which at high water, floods the neighbouring forest up to a height of ten metres.

Awards: BAFTA Craft Awards 2000/1; Nombre d’or 2001 Awards - Nomination, Best TV Science and Natural History Programme (Lost Worlds); International Wildlife Film Festival 2001 - Best Television Series (joint winner), Best Photography (1st place), Best Editing (2nd place)

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