VM Hmaza: Man who discovered River Hamza feted
TNN Sep 7, 2012, 05.55AM IST Tags: V M Hamza | Rio Hamza | Kerala University | KOZHIKODE: V M Hamza, a native of Kunnamangalam, made a name for himself in Brazil by discovering a subterranean river, 'Rio Hamza' (River Hamza), which was later named after him. V M Hamza with Kantahpuram AP Hamza, who is back in Kozhikode for the first time after his ground-breaking scientific feat, which was made public last year, was given a rousing civic reception in the city on Thursday. "Kerala has had a long connection with Brazil and got many of its culinary favourites ranging from tapioca to cashew nut from that country. I am glad that I have been able to pay it back through the discovery of Rio Hamza," Hamza said in a lighter vein at the function. The River Hamza is a 6,000-km long underground river flowing some 4 km beneath the mighty Amazon River and is 300-km wide. "It is like our Yamuna River flowing underneath the Amazon,"