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To: KyrosL who wrote (25880)	11/30/2007 12:08:57 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 220086

Draining approximately 40% of the South American continent, It drains 8.2 million km2 about which 50% is in Brazil. It drain not only the rain but the ice pack. When the earth cools a bit, it stores the ice on top of the Andes and the discharge drops to 40% of today. 180 000 m3/s on average discharge into the Atlantic and can reach 2.600mm precipitation per year. Once it start heating up, water rises as the ice starts melting again. In the past 14.000 years it has been through dryer periods (Sea level was 30-50m lower than today) but never been desert. Second comes La Plata: Paraguay River plus Parana Rivers drains central Brazil wetlands plus Paraguay and Argentina. .