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Rio Verde (lower Paranaíba River Tributary)
Rio Verde ( Portuguese for "green river") is a river of Goiás state in central Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... This freshwater source supports agricultural activities in the area, such as large-scale soy, corn, and cattle farming. See also * List of rivers of Goiás References Rivers of Goiás {{Goiás-river-stub ...
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Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. With 7.2 million inhabitants, Goiás is the most populous state in the Central-West region and the List of Brazilian states by population, 11th most populous in the country. It has the List of Brazilian federative units by gross regional product, ninth largest economy among Brazilian federative units. In Brazil's geoeconomic division, Goiás belongs to the Centro-Sul (Center-South), being the northernmost state of the southern portion of Brazil. The state has 3.3% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 2.7% of the Brazilian GDP. The history of Goiás dates back to the beginning of the 18th century, with the arrival of pioneers from São Paulo. The Rio Verm ...
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Paranaíba River
The Paranaíba River is a Brazilian river whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains, municipality of Rio Paranaíba, at an altitude of 1,148 meters; on the other face of this mountain chain are the sources of the Abaeté river, tributary of the São Francisco River. The length of the river is approximately up to the junction with the Rio Grande, Minas Gerais, Grande River, both of which then form the Paraná River, at the point that marks the borders of the states of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Mato Grosso do Sul. Geography The main tributaries of the Paranaíba are the São Marcos, the Corumbá river, Corumbá, the Meia Ponte river, Meia Ponte, and the Bois. Major dams on its course are the Emborcação Dam, Barragem de Emborcação, Itumbiara Dam, Barragem Itumbiara and São Simão Dam, Barragem de São Simão. Cachoeira Dourada near Itumbiara is one of the most important hydroelectric power stations in Brazil, providi ...
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Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ...
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Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ...
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Brazilian Ministry Of Transport
The Ministry of Transport or Transportation () is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. It is the body responsible to enforce and direct regulations concerning transport, from roads and railways to ports and aviation and it also advises the President of Brazil in the execution and formulation of these policies. It was first established in 1992, during Fernando Collor de Mello's presidency. It was dissolved on 1 January 2019 during Jair Bolsonaro's government and merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure. The first minister to take office into the ministry since its re-creation in 2023 is Renan Filho. The body was re-created by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on January 1, 2023, being a result of the dissolution and division of former Ministry of Infrastructure into the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Ports and Airports. Chronology The ministry has had several denominations: * 1860 to 1891 — Secretary of State for Agriculture, Commerce and Public ...
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List Of Rivers Of Goiás
List of rivers in Goiás (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. All rivers in Goiás drain to the Atlantic Ocean. By Drainage Basin Tocantins/Araguaia Basin * Tocantins River ** Araguaia River *** Braço Menor do Rio Araguaia River **** ''Formoso River'' (Tocantins) ***** Pau-Seco River **** Verde River ***** Tiúba River *** Crixás Açu River **** Crixás Mirim River **** Pintado River **** Palmital River **** Gregório River **** Dos Bois River **** Peixe River *** Peixe River **** Tesoura River *** Palmeiras River **** Vermelho River *** Claro River *** Caiapó River **** Piranhas River **** Bonito River *** Peixe River *** Diamantina River **** Matrinxã River *** Babilônia River ** Paranã River *** ''Palma River'' (Tocantins) **** Mosquito River *** Bezerra River (Montes Claros River) *** Das Pedras River *** São ...
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