Back വലിയ മണ്ണത്താൽ ഹംസ Malayalam Valiya Hamza Portuguese வாலியா மன்னதால் ஹம்சா Tamil 瓦利亚·哈姆扎 Chinese
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Valiya Mannathal Hamza | |
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| Born | 15 June 1941 Calicut, Kerala, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | National Geophysical Research Institute, University of Kerala, University of Western Ontario |
| Known for | Discovery of the Hamza River |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geophysics |
| Institutions | Observatório Nacional |
Valiya Mannathal Hamza (born 15 June 1941)[1] is an Indian[2] scientist credited with co-discovering, together with Elizabeth Tavares Pimentel,[3] the large aquifer referred to as "Rio Hamza" or Hamza River, which flows deep below and parallel to the Amazon.[4] Hamza is listed as a permanent professor in the Geophysics specialization at the Brazilian National Observatory.[5]
- ^ de Lima Gomes, Antonio Jorge; Hamza, Valiya Mannathal (2005). "Geothermal Gradient and Heat Flow in the State of Rio De Janeiro" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Geofísica. 23 (4). Sociedade Brasileira de Geofísica: 347. doi:10.1590/S0102-261X2005000400001. ISSN 0102-261X.
- ^ "Amazon has a twin river that flows 4.000 metres below the ground". MercoPress. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Large Underground River Flowing Beneath The Amazon Rain Forest". Geeky Gadgets. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011 – via The Guardian.
- ^ Jha, Alok (26 August 2011). "Underground river 'Rio Hamza' discovered 4 km beneath the Amazon". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Professors and Collaborators are displayed following CAPES' advices as well as determinations of the Technical and Scientific Council of the Observatório Nacional". Observatório Nacional. 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.