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Drought leaves Amazon basin rivers at an all-time low

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Brazil 's natural disaster monitoring agency Cemaden has described the current drought as the "most intense and widespread" it has ever recorded.

The Madeira river, a major tributary to the Amazon , had fallen to just 48cm in Porto Velho on Tuesday .

The Solimões river has also fallen to its lowest level on record in Tabatinga , on Brazil 's border with Colombia .

Climate change can play a role in worsening dry conditions in the Amazon .

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