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    The Amazon River basin is the largest river basin in the world, spanning over 6 million square kilometers across nine South American countries. Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon rainforest, and the river and its tributaries drain over one-third of South America. However, deforestation due to agriculture and mining has led to environmental issues like erosion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity in the Amazon basin. Potential solutions include encouraging reforestation, reducing waste dumping and pesticide use, and generating more awareness about protecting the fragile Amazon ecosystem.

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    The Amazon River basin is the largest river basin in the world, spanning over 6 million square kilometers across nine South American countries. Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon rainforest, and the river and its tributaries drain over one-third of South America. However, deforestation due to agriculture and mining has led to environmental issues like erosion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity in the Amazon basin. Potential solutions include encouraging reforestation, reducing waste dumping and pesticide use, and generating more awareness about protecting the fragile Amazon ecosystem.

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    Nina Mandić
    The Amazon River basin is the largest river basin in the world, spanning over 6 million square kilometers across nine South American countries. Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon rainforest, and the river and its tributaries drain over one-third of South America. However, deforestation due to agriculture and mining has led to environmental issues like erosion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity in the Amazon basin. Potential solutions include encouraging reforestation, reducing waste dumping and pesticide use, and generating more awareness about protecting the fragile Amazon ecosystem.

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    ABOUT BIBLIOGRAPHY

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    NINA MANDIĆ, 1M
    WAYS OF USAGE ENVIRONMENTAL WAYS TO SOLVE THE
    • ENERGY SOURCE (HYDROPOWER & DAMS) PROBLEMS & ISSUES PROBLEMS
    • AGRICULTURE (COFFEE, COTTON, DEFORESTATION (-> EROSION, ANIMALS
    SUGARCANE, CACAO, RUBBER, LOSING THEIR HABITATS, SEDIMENTATION
    SOYBEAN…) IN THE RIVERS)
    • EXTRACTION OF MINERALS, OILS AND WATER POLLUTION DUE TO AGRICULTURAL
    FOREST PRODUCTS (TIMBER, PESTICIDES & DUMPING OF WASTE/
    PETROLEUM, IRON, STEEL…) WASTEWATERS FROM POPULATED AREAS
    • RIVER TRANSPORT REDUCED BIODIVERSITY & EXTINCTION
    • WATER WITHDRAWAL DESTRUCTION OF FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS
    • ABSORBING CO2 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE CHANGES IN HYDROLOGIC CYCLE DUE TO
    (AMAZON RAINFOREST) CLIMATE CHANGE (-> FIRES, DROUGHTS)
    • ENCOURAGE REFORESTATION

    • PROHIBIT DUMPING OF WASTE IN THE


    RIVER

    • GENERATE MORE KNOWLEDGE &


    AWARENESS ABOUT PROBLEMS AND
    CONCERNS IN THIS AREA

    • REDUCE THE USAGE OF AGRICULTURAL


    PESTICIDES THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO THE
    ENVIRONMENT

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