shimuni

Updated: June 30, 2026

On passing the lower end of Shimuni, a long reach of the river was before us, undivided by islands a magnificent expanse of water stretching away to the southeast. The country on the left bank is not, however, terra firma, but a portion of the alluvial land which forms the extensive and complex delta region of the Japura.

Henry Walter Bates - The Naturalist on the River Amazons