File:Undular bore Araguari River-Brazil-USGS-bws00026.jpg

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"Undular bore and whelps near the mouth of Araguari River, Brazil. View is oblique toward mouth from airplane at approximately 100 ft. altitude. Portion published as Figure 5 in U. S. Geological Survey, Circular 1022, 1988."
Note: This undular bore (locally known as pororoca) is on the Araguari River in the Amapá state in north-eastern Brazil, see w:Tidal bore#South America. The bore propagates from left to right, against the stream of the river current.
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Source U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
Author USGS: Susan Bartsch-Winkler and David K. Lynch

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