Amzaon River water quality

  • The expansion of industrial in the Amazon River has caused destruction of the plants, animals, and environment

    causes water pollution by leaking hazardous materials into the river
  • Deforestation

    continued conversion of tropical forest to cropland, pasture, or second-growth forest may reduce the regions evapotranspiration, thereby interrupting the hydrologic cycle
  • Deforestation con.

  • Oil spill in Ecuador

    polluted the drinking water of communities along the Amazon River