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Rio Maranon: The Grand Canyon of South America
by Rocky Contos (2013-09-14 01:31:21)
This video is a short version showcasing a little of what Río Marañon is all about and the planned 20 hydroelectric dams that are planned to destroy the river in the next few years. Río Marañon is the hydrological source of the Amazon River and flows through a canyon comparable in many ways to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado in Arizona. It is literally a dream river for raft support trips. Due to the rivers unique status as the source of the largest river in the world and its other outstanding attributes, the Marañon is the most precious river in Latin America and worth every cent of conservation effort spent to protect it from a series of 20 hydroelectric dams that are planned along the river. The construction of these dams would be one of the greatest environmental tragedies in human history – of the same magnitude as damming the Colorado in the Grand Canyon or Three Gorges on the Yangtze. We need to take action to stop the dam plans on the Marañon!! Save Río Marañon!! More info at www.SierraRios.org