Why The Amazon River Has No Bridges

Let's find out the fascinating reason the Amazon river has no bridges!

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[agodinho]

I am from Brazil. It is NOT a mystery why the Amazon River has no bridges.

The Amazon has no bridges, because the Amazon Basin has no roads. There is a single dirt road with the grandiose name Rodovia Trans-Amazônica, which runs east to west, i.e. parallel to the river. During the rainy season, it turns into a mud quagmire.

Again: no bridges, because there are NO roads.

[Xyz_]

This video interests me a lot because I'm from one of the countries where the Amazon River is located, greetings from Peru 🇵🇪 ✨️

[DemetrioGC]

never expected this channel to talk about the city I lived in my Childhood, Macapá, like Santarem it is also only accessible by water or air, there are no roads out, it is like living in a really giant island, without the natural disasters, it rains contantly and it is pretty windy, but because of the difficulty of access, some places seem to be frozen in time, I still visit the city and it is interesting to see really old buildings that I used to see when I were a kid close to brand new ones.

[drizzy]

Hands down be amazed is the king of factual videos on YouTube

[supertech]

The best part of this video is the guy running from the river wave coming at him. He is so lucky the ground didn't give out from under him. Areas like that are filled with quicksand spots and you will be swallowed up if you're careful.

[JeremyWhalen.]

Be amazed is a channel that constantly spits out top tier entertainment. Years I've been watching and it never gets old

[bebellatrix]

Last year, during the election period in Brazil the current president Lula tried to say the former president Bolsonaro had polluted the river near Santarém city and because of that the water was brown. Strangely enough, many people actually believed him, except for anyone who had studied about different densities and people that, like me, were born in that city and have been seeing with what we call "Encontro das águas" ever since they were toddlers, the polluted river is actually the place where the Tapajós river and the Amazon river meet, because they have different densities you can always see where one ends and the other begins

[beazrich.]

Fun fact: Amazon river is as deep 328 ft. Thats taller than even the tallest cruise ship ever built.

[elizabethbarringer]

I felt sure that it was because of the rainy season that the river is continuously changing. Did learn something new . The giant acres of plant matter creating islands that sink and then re-appear. Excellent video thank you for sharing

[Chonkromp]

This channel has gotten so much better! Your narration is engaging and the little side stories are superb at tapping into our natural curiosity. Thank you keep it up

[timvangrijs]

6:02 this also means that there doesn't NEED to be any bridges either. I imagine the banks would also be very unstable.

[gaoxiaen]

Manaus is an ocean port 900 miles from the ocean. When I was there, I could only see the tops of the buildings on the other side. During the wet season the width can be 30 miles.

[leesashriber]

I learn so much from this channel. This channel is addictive 😊

[alesiacalvin]

Thoroughly enjoyed this, the river and forest has always fascinated me

[raygintner]

FYI: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA sees a "Meeting of the Waters" in the spring when the Muddy Monongahela meets the cleaner Allegheny to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh's Point. I have observed this many times during my lifetime in Da "Burgh. I've also been fortunate enough to witness the Amazon "Meeting" in Manaus some years ago when I rode a cruise ship up the Amazon from the Atlantic Ocean to Manaus. Your channel is great! One of my favorites!

[MrsCrandon]

Here from Guyana 🇬🇾 n yes we're connected to the Amazon as well
Mother nature is amazing
The guy running from the waves had me 😅😅😅😅😅
There's also Pink River Dolphins in the Amazon

[johnniewoodard]

About half way through the video, I thought the narrator forgot the topic of the video....but he brought it back together.

[evonhong]

This channel is the most fun education channel I've ever seen in the entire history of YouTube

[erikjrn]

I have to say, the more dangerous creatures may lurk in a river, the better the idea of a bridge sounds. That might just be me, though. Others might prefer a boat for their encounter with a Titanoboa.

[dabtrakmusic]

The humor in the channel makes it so enjoyable to watch❤