Sunday, August 30, 2009

The Worldâs Most Beautiful River

Source: http://cubeme.com/blog/2009/08/18/the-world%E2%80%99s-most-beautiful-river/

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The Caño Cristales river is in the La Macarena National and Ecological Reserve Park in Colombia. The river has been referred to as the “river of five colours”, “the river that ran away to paradise,” and “the most beautiful river in the world.”

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During Colombia's wet season, the water flows fast and deep, obscuring the bottom of the river and denying the mosses and algae that call the river home the sun that they need. And during the dry season there is not enough water to support the dazzling array of life in the river. But during a brief span between the wet and dry seasons, when the water level is just right, the many varieties of algae and moss bloom in a dazzling display of colours. Blotches of amarillo, blue, green, black, and red–and a thousand shades in between–coat the river.

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