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Gallinas River (other)
Gallinas River may refer to: *Gallinas River (Sierra Leone) *Gallinas River (New Mexico) Gallinas River or Rio Gallinas is a river with its source in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and confluence with the Pecos River in Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It is a tributary of the Pecos River, which is a tributary of the Rio Grande. The riv ..., a tributary of the Rio Grande * Gallinas River (Mexico), in Huasteca See also * Gallinas (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Gallinas River (Sierra Leone)
The Gallinas River in Sierra Leone reaches the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic between Cape Saint Ann and Grand Cape Mount. Strictly speaking, the Gallinas River is an archaic term for the small Kerefe river in modern Sierra Leone ()), which lies a few miles west of the Moa River. However, it could be applied to any of many interconnected streams or channels into the marshy backwaters of this region. In the widest sense, the "Gallinas River" refers generally to the stretch of coast, covered by dense mangrove swamps, between the Kerefe and the Mano River. The term comes from the Portuguese "Rio das Galinhas" (River of Hens), referring to Guinea fowl that were found by its banks. The first Portuguese explorer to reach the region was Pedro de Sintra in 1461 or 1462. The name "Rio das Galinhas" is found in Duarte Pacheco Pereira's ''Esmeraldo de Situ Orbis'' (written c.1509). The term was later applied as an exonym to the inhabitants of the area, the Gallinas people, who dominated the c ...
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Gallinas River (New Mexico)
Gallinas River or Rio Gallinas is a river with its source in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and confluence with the Pecos River in Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It is a tributary of the Pecos River, which is a tributary of the Rio Grande. The river has a tributary, Gallinas Creek, with its confluence just southeast of Las Vegas, New Mexico Las Vegas is a city in and the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Once two separate municipalities (one a city and the other a town), both were named Las Vegas—West Las Vegas ("Old Town") and East Las Vegas ("New Town .... References Rivers of New Mexico {{NewMexico-geo-stub ...
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Gallinas River (Mexico)
Gallinas River may refer to: * Gallinas River, Liberia *Gallinas River (New Mexico), a tributary of the Rio Grande *Gallinas River (Mexico), in Huasteca La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato. It is roughly defined as the a ... See also * Gallinas (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Huasteca
La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato. It is roughly defined as the area in which the Huastec people had influence when their civilization was at its height during the Mesoamerican period. Today, the Huastecs occupy only a fraction of this region with the Nahua people now the most numerous indigenous group. However, those who live in the region share a number of cultural traits such as a style of music and dance, along with religious festivals such as Xantolo. Geography and environment Historically and ethnically, the Huasteca region is defined by the area dominated by the Huastecs at their height. The actual extension of the region is somewhat disputed as well as how it should be sub-divided. Geographically it has been defined as from the Sierra Madre Oriental to the Gulf of Mexico with the Sierra de T ...
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