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HUT BY THE RIVER

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This house is typical of rural dwellings throughout much of Amazonia. The structure is built on stilts to keep the floor above the water during flood season, when this picture was taken. The roof is thatched with leaves of the thatch palm (Lepidocaryum tessmannii), locally called "Irapay."

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