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Cast-net fisherman, Amazon River, Peru (Iquitos)
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Wayne Wurtsbaugh
Registered: January 2000
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A fisherman launches a large cast net into the Amazon River near Iquitos, Peru (1973). Despite the low gradient of only a few mm/km, the main channel of the Amazon River has a high velocity (> 1 m/sec). The fisherman caught a 20-cm armored catfish with barbels perhaps 50 cm long.
Photo: 1973
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| · Date: March 15, 2004 · Views: 38,660 · Filesize: 32.7kb, 895.0kb · Dimensions: 1802 x 1101 ·
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Keywords: Amazon River, cast net, fisherman, velocity gradient, fishery, Iquitos, turbidity
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