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Camaiú River
Camaiú River is a tributary of the Sucunduri River in the Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. The river flows through the Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first w ... in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas References Brazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ...
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Sucunduri River
Sucunduri River ( pt, Rio Sucundurí) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil, one of the main headwaters of the Canumã River. Course The Sucunduri River rises in the Sucunduri State Park in the municipality of Apuí. The Monte Cristo rapids on the Sucunduri is an area with great numbers and diversity of animals and birds. In 2006 it was also the location of an illegal mining settlement. The Monte Cristo rapids and the Sucunduri River Falls (''Saltos do Rio Sucunduri'') are well-known attractions. The river flows through the Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office. Part of the river's basin is in the Juruena National Park, one of the largest conservation units in Brazil. The Sucunduri basin occupies 10% of the park. The Trans-Amazonian Highway crosses the Sucunduri River. Further north it merges with the Acari and the downstream section is known as the Canumã River Canumã R ...
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Amazonas (Brazilian State)
Amazonas () is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the northwestern corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the 9th largest country subdivision in the world, and the largest in South America, being greater than the areas of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile combined. Mostly located in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the third largest country subdivision in the Southern Hemisphere after the Australian states of Western Australia and Queensland. Entirely in the Western Hemisphere, it is the fourth largest in the Western Hemisphere after Greenland, Nunavut and Alaska. It would be the sixteenth largest country in land area, slightly larger than Mongolia. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the Departments of Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas state in Venezuela, and ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ...
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Tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream."opposite to a tributary"
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Acari National Park
Acari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Acari) is a national park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Acari National Park covers parts of the municipalities of Apuí (11.77%), Borba (59.55%) and Novo Aripuanã (28.68%) in Amazonas. It is north of the BR-230 Trans-Amazonian Highway in the Apuí – Jacareacanga section. The Urupadi National Forest and the Alto Maués Ecological Station border the park to the east. It has an area of . It is in the Amazon biome. History The Acari National Park was created by federal decree on 11 May 2016. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). The objective is to protect the biological diversity of the Acari, Camaiú, Sucunduri and Abacaxis rivers and their tributaries and the physical landscape, to ensure sustainability of the ecosystem services, to contribute to environmental stability in the region and to provide for development of recreational activities in contact with natu ...
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Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first woman to have held the Brazilian presidency and had previously served as chief of staff to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010. Rousseff was raised in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte. She became a socialist in her youth and after the 1964 coup d'état joined left-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff was captured, tortured, and jailed from 1970 to 1972. by Bradley Brooks, Associated Press, 31 October 2010. Retrieved from Internet Archive 11 January 2014. After her release, Rousseff rebuilt her life in Porto Alegre with her husband Carlos Araújo. They both helped to found the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) in Rio Grande do Sul, and partic ...
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List Of Rivers Of Amazonas (Brazilian State)
List of rivers in Amazonas (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. Amazonas is located entirely within the Amazon Basin. By Drainage Basin * Amazon River (includes Solimões) ** Tapajós River *** Juruena River **** Bararati River ** Nhamundá River *** Piratucu River ** Mamuru River *** Uaicurapa River ** Andirá River ** Paraná Urariá (Amazon and Madeira side channel) *** Maués Açu River **** Urupadi River **** Amanã River **** Paracori River **** Parauari River *** Apoquitaua River *** Paraconi River *** Abacaxis River **** Marimari River *** Canumã River **** Mapiá Grande River **** Acari River **** Camaiú River **** Sucunduri River ** Uatumã River *** Jatapu River **** Capucapu River *** Pitinga River ** Urubu River ** Madeira River *** Prêto do Igapó-Açu River **** Autaz-mirim River **** Tupana River **** Matupiri River ...
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