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There is a mysterious river which used to be a legend (传说). But it was discovered in the deep jungles of Amazonia. The legend has truly come to life!

1． Andrés Ruzo was just a little boy, his grandfather once told him a story. Some soldiers made their way 2． the Amazon jungle (丛林) for gold. When they came back, they told terrible stories 3． the dangerous water, the spiders that ate birds and a boiling river as if a fire burnt below it.

Ruzo, now an earth scientist, decided to find out whether the boiling river was real. Although the work was not easy, he 4． by all his family. He joined a team to search for the river. To speed up their progress, the team was divided into three groups and Ruzo was one of the 5．. After their days and nights’ hard work, Ruzo 6． to find the amazing river in the end. The magic river, called Boiling River, is about kilometers long, 25 meters wide and 6 meters deep. The water was so hot that local people made tea with it. And small animals 7． fell into the water were cooked at once.

The local people have known the natural wonder for centuries. They call it “Shanay-timpishka”. 8． meaning is “boiled with the heat of the sun”. It then has become one of the 9． resources (资源) in Peru.

However, how 10． the water is heated is still a mystery to scientists. Usually if there are heated rivers, there will be volcanoes (火山) nearby. However, there are no volcanoes in this area. What an amazing river it is!