File:Undular bore Araguari River-Brazil-USGS-bws00026.jpg
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English: Description at USGS website: "Undular bore and whelps near the mouth of Araguari River, Brazil. View is oblique toward mouth from airplane at approximately 100 ft. altitude. Portion published as Figure 5 in U. S. Geological Survey, Circular 1022, 1988." Note: This undular bore (locally known as pororoca) is on the Araguari River in the Amapá state in north-eastern Brazil, see w:Tidal bore#South America. The bore propagates from left to right, against the stream of the river current. |
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| Source | U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library |
| Author | USGS: Susan Bartsch-Winkler and David K. Lynch |
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| current | 17:30, 16 March 2012 |  | 5,964 × 3,970 (12.16 MB) | wikimediacommons>Crowsnest |
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