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Rio Verde (Jamari River Tributary)
The Rio Verde (Portuguese for "green river") is a river of Rondônia state in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Jamari River. Part of the river's watershed is covered by the Jacundá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit. See also *List of rivers of Rondônia List of rivers in Rondônia (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. Rondônia is located entirely within the Amazon B ... References Brazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Rondônia {{Rondônia-river-stub ...
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Jamari River
The Jamari River is a river of Rondônia state in western Brazil. Part of the river's watershed is covered by the Jacundá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit. The Jamari river is dammed by the Samuel Hydroelectric Dam near Porto Velho, which forms a reservoir that covers . The Samuel Ecological Station was established in compensation for the environmental impact. The ecological station extends to the east of the dam and protects part of the Jamari river basin. See also *List of rivers of Rondônia List of rivers in Rondônia (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. Rondônia is located entirely within the Amazon B ... ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Rondônia {{Rondônia-river-stub ...
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Rondônia
Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, and in the south and southwest is Bolivia. Rondônia has a population of 1,815,000 as of 2021. It is the fifth least populated state. Its capital and largest city is Porto Velho. The state was named after Cândido Rondon, who explored the north of the country during the 1910s. The state, which is home to 0.8% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 0.6% of the Brazilian GDP. Geography Rondonia was originally home to over 200,000 km2 of rainforest, but has become one of the most deforested places in the Amazon. By 2003 around 70,000 km2 of rainforest had been cleared. The area around the Guaporé River is part of the Beni savanna ecoregion. The Samuel Dam is located in the state, on the Jamari River. History Dem ...
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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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Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to 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 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 Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ...
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Jacundá National Forest
The Jacundá National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Jacundá) is a sustainable-use national forest in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Location The Jacundá National Forest is in the Amazonia biome and covers . The forest covers parts of the municipalities of Candeias do Jamari and Porto Velho in the state of Rondônia. The Samuel Ecological Station, a state-managed unit, lies to the south of the forest. Altitude ranges from . The terrain is mainly the floodplains of the large and small rivers, surrounded by fluvial terraces. The forest is bordered by the Madeira River and its right-bank tributaries the Jamari and the Ji-Paraná or Machado River. The Jacundá, Miriti, Preto and Verde rivers are fed by springs in the forest. Temperatures range from with an average of . Average annual rainfall is . There are three dominant vegetation types including at least 285 tree species in 55 botanical families. Most of the area is covered by open rainforest, with smaller areas of de ...
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List Of Rivers Of Rondônia
List of rivers in Rondônia (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. Rondônia is located entirely within the Amazon Basin. By Drainage Basin * ''Amazon River'' (Pará, Amazonas) ** ''Tapajós River'' (Amazonas) *** ''Juruena River'' (Mato Grosso) **** Iquê River ** Madeira River *** ''Aripuanã River'' (Amazonas) **** Roosevelt River ***** Capitão Cardoso River ****** Tenente Marques River ***** Da Dúvida River *** Ji-Paraná River (Machado River) **** Preto River ***** Miriti River ***** Jacundá River **** Juruazinho River ***** Juruá River **** Machadinho River ***** Belém River **** São João River **** Anari River **** Jaru River **** Urupá River **** Muqui River ***** Palha River ***** Lacerda de Almeida River ***** Acangapiranga River **** Rolim de Moura River **** Barão de Melgaço River ***** Comemoração River **** Pimenta ...
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