The issue of safety in the classroom is rarely considered at such a foundational level. Considering that a participant on a playground can break a leg, or worse, safety occupies a central role in a designerâs thinking.
The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, about 7,050,000 square kilometres (2,720,000 sq mi), and accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's total river flow.he Amazon River and its tributaries are characterized by extensive forested areas that become flooded every rainy season. Every year, the river rises more than 9 metres (30 ft), flooding the surrounding forests, known as varzea (vÃ¡rzea flooded). forests
What causes flash floods? Most rivers flow fairly gently as they slope slowly towards the sea. Therefore, when a river floods it does so quite slowly as it takes time for the rain to percolate through the ground and into the rivers and out to sea â allowing time for some warning.