BRAZIL: The Biggest River Here Isn’t on the Ground | Travel Documentary

Every day the trees of the Amazon breathe out around 20 billion tonnes of water, more than the Amazon River itself carries to the sea. Scientists call it a flying river: it crosses the continent on the wind, turns south along the Andes and falls as rain on the Pantanal, the soy fields, the coffee hills and the reservoirs of São Paulo. This film follows that water across Brazil, from the Meeting of the Waters near Manaus to a dry valley in the northeast where grapes are picked more than twice a year. 0:00 Intro: the flying river 2:22 The meeting of the waters: the Amazon 4:38 The flooded plain: the Pantanal 6:51 A capital from nothing: Brasília 9:59 The grain belt: soy, cattle and coffee 12:02 The river that runs inland: São Paulo 14:56 Big water: Itaipu and Iguaçu Falls 16:04 The River of January: Rio de Janeiro 19:16 Gold and salt: Paraty and the pre-salt oil 20:53 Old Frank: the sertão and the São Francisco 22:54 The loudest week: carnival 24:03 The river overhead Where are you watching from? 🌍 Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Adeilton O. de Souza, Fwsbsb, Rafael Deminicis, Roosevelt Cassio, Ajmcbarreto, IoannesCarolus, VanderGomes, Tiago da Mota e Silva (CC BY-SA 4.0); Ivandro Batista (CC BY 3.0); Palácio do Planalto, Glauco Umbelino (CC BY 2.0); Marinha do Brasil (CC BY-SA 2.0); Petrobras / Agência Brasil (CC BY 3.0 BR). #Brazil #SouthAmerica #TravelDocumentary