Rio Descoberto (IMAGE)

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Rio Descoberto

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This is the Rio Descoberto dam. Until now, more than 90 percent of drinking water in the federal district has come from the Rio Descoberto dam, 25 km from Brasília, and from the Rio Paranoá.

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Patricia Roeser/UFZ

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