The idea of \u200b\u200ba river, whose water is so hot that all living things will literally boil in it alive, may seem like a fantastic. However, it is quite real: deep in the heart of the Amazon, the river with an incredibly high water temperature is hidden, writes Daily Mail.

According to the researcher Andres Ruzo, who dared to go to this amazing place, the Shanay-Mimpishka river is in the region of the Mayanstuyak in Peru, and the water in it can reach an incredible temperature of 100 ° C.

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During the expedition, Ruzo took several samples and discovered, the average temperature in the river is about 55 ° C, but in some areas it can reach 100 ° C. According to the researchers, if you lower your hand into the water, burns of a second or third degree will probably appear on the skin, and literally in seconds.

Despite the fact that such a hot river on the planet may sound like a " Note that the name of the river in translation literally means " For the first time it became known about it in 2011, but in Peru the river has long become a legend, but the geologist heard about it, he thought that such a phenomenon simply could not exist.

It would seem that for boiling even a small river, a huge amount of geothermal heat may be required, and the Amazon basin is far from existing volcanoes. As a result, Ruzo decided to go to the river to check how hot she was actually.

According to the geologist, it turned out that the heat of the air emanating from the river is so strong that you can feel how he gets acquired by your nose and lungs. During expeditions, the scientist also noticed how many birds and reptiles fell into the waters of the river, literally boiling alive.

Researchers believe that the river boils thanks to hot sources, feeding on faults. When it rains on the surrounding area, it is collected in a porous sedimentary rock. Passing through the breed, it heats up from the primary heat of the earth's crust, and in the end, it stumbles upon a large shift or crack. Next, the heated water rises along the fault line to the surface.

In a new study, scientists from the University of Miami suggested that a boiling river can now serve as a natural experiment. In fact, scientists suggest that a boiling river can serve as a “window into the future” in conditions of global warming of the earth.

According to the leading author of the new study by Riley Fortier, the hot river is indeed a window to the future. As the planet is warming up, the Amazon is getting hotter, do we like it or not. It is assumed that observing the already hot river, scientists will be able to understand how an increase in temperature will affect the composition of the forest, and also show what species can disappear in the future.

Back in 2022, scientists visited the river and put on the map all tropical plants and trees found in 70 separate places. The team began its journey upstream, where the temperature is lower, and then went down to the hottest part of the boiling river.

Researchers cards show that the variety of plants fell sharply around the hottest part of the river, and only a few species are able to withstand the heat. And the composition of the forest was also more homogeneous in the warmest places, while in cooler forest plots there were more than the variety of plants.

Researchers also made an alarm: the hot river in the Amazon can be a terrible example of how all tropical forests in this region will look like in the future.

Previously, Focus wrote that in the Amazon basin the developed civilization flourished, which no one knew about.