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Near its headwaters, the Amazon is not so wide, and runs through ~narrow canyons. I wouldn't be surprised if there were footbridges. I don't find images of any,

• mcv 8y ago
  That article reflects similar lessons learned in Netherland: rivers need space to expand. We've got a long and treasured history turning lakes and seas into land (polder), but recently, and somewhat controversially, we've started abandoning a few polders in order to give floods a better place to go than population centers.