Written by Margi Moss
Thursday, 26 August 2010 15:55
In June 2007, as part of the Brasil das Águas project, Margi Moss, her husband Gérard Moss and photographer Mario Friedlander descended the entire navigable length of the Guaporé River (1,150 km), from Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade (Mato Grosso) to its confluence with the Mamoré River at Surpresa, Rondônia. First, they visited the source of the river on the Chapada dos Parecis, and collected water samples at periodic intervals all along the river, initially by road and subsequently from the boat. The journey took two weeks. The Guaporé, which joins the Mamoré, to later become the Madeira and Amazon rivers, is about 1,400 km long. For a small portion in Mato Grosso and its full length in Rondônia, it forms the border between Brazil and Bolivia and is one of the last remaining unspoiled rivers of the continent.
www.brasildasaguas.com.br
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Margi Moss is a photographer. Along with her husband, Gérard Moss, she runs the project Brasil das Águas, which have reported the water quality of the main rivers in Brazil.
