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ASUNCION (Reuters) - South America's Paraguay River, a key thoroughfare for grains, has hit a record low in Paraguay's capital Asuncion, with water levels depleted by a severe drought upriver in ...

A major geographical wonder in South America, the Amazon River flows some 4,000 miles from Peru to Brazil's Atlantic coast, ...

A narrow skiff slides among massive rocky outcroppings on the Tocantins River, where the catfish and peacock bass throng in the eddies during the waxing moon. For most of his life, Welton de Franca ...

Dredging and rock-blasting ever-drier rivers for new channels in Brazil might not achieve agribusiness’s goal of cheaper, year-round transport, experts warned, suggesting existing railways as ...

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Scientists found a toothless “electric” creature with “large” eyes in shallow streams and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View June 2012 ...

Paraguay River hits record low, impacting grain shipments Parana River in Argentina also near year-lows La Nina expected to bring less rain, worsening drought conditions Paraguay is world's No. 3 ...