Mysterious 4-mile long river in Peru is so hot it actually boils

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httpNow confirmed, the legendary boiling river deep in the Amazon was long considered an impossibility due to its distance from any volcanoes.

Growing up in Peru, Andrés Ruzo had long heard strange tales of a river deep in the Amazon that boiled from below. As an adult – and a geothermal scientist – Ruzo figured that the legend was unlikely.

But Ruzo remained intrigued. As a PhD student in geophysics at Southern Methodist University he set his sights on creating a comprehensive geothermal map of Peru, including parts of the Amazon, wondering if indeed a boiling river could exist in the region – an idea his peers found ridiculous. It would take a tremendous amount of geothermal heat to boil even a small section of a river, notes Maddie Stone in Gizmodo, and the Amazon basin lies hundreds of miles from any active volcanoes. Even his thesis adviser told him to stop exploring “stupid questions.”://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/mysterious-4-mile-long-river-peru-so-hot-it-actually-boil


Let me try this article one more time

[Maedhros]

1. Peru sits on top of a very active subduction zone.

It's not surprising to find hot springs there - there are certainly large bodies of magma underground.

[Sinistrous]

2. Link:

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/mysterious-4-mile-long-river-peru-so-hot-it-actually-boils.html

[sue4e3]

4. Thank You

I am having a very prolonged bad senior moment today

[immoderate]

3. Sounds nice. Hot springs are not uncommon. They don't need to be near volcanoes.

Sounds like Hot Creek, California. You can bathe there in the winter. Parts are dangerously hot.



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