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A of scientists has discovered a coral reef in the Amazon River. The team from in the USA and Brazil was on an to learn more about plumes when it made the . Plumes are the areas near where a river meets the sea and the river's freshwater mixes with the ocean's . The reef covers an area of 5,800 square kilometres, stretching from the of French Guiana to the Brazilian rainforest. The finding is because reefs are rarely found in rivers as the water is usually too muddy and does not contain enough .

The scientists explored just 10 per cent of the reef. There were many sponges, creatures and other life that had adapted to in the water. They also found 73 species of reef fish, many of them . A researcher said: "We brought up the most and colorful animals I have ever seen." Not all about the reef is . The has been marked for oil exploration. The researcher warned that: "From ocean acidification and ocean to plans for offshore oil exploration…the whole system is at from human impacts."

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