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Re: Winter on the Amazon



Bob,

I believe Vinny is correct. You have to realize that the "rainy season" does not
occur at the same time all over the Amazon Basin.

Mike Wise

IDMiamiBob@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/21/00 10:56:16 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> kutty@earthlink.net writes:
>
> >  From right under the clouds.  Convection does not have to originate from
> the
> > sea.  Amazon is like a big wet sponge.
>
> If the precipitation during the rainy seaxon will elevate the waterline as
> much as 70 feet in some places, there's no way the rain originates from
> evaporation within the Amazon region itself.  It has to come from somewhere
> else, otherwise it would have drianed itself dry eons ago.
>
> Bob Dixon
>
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