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The Tanaru River is a river in the Rondônia state in western Brazil. 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 ... * Tanaru Indigenous Territory References Brazilian 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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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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Tanaru Indigenous Territory
The Man of the Hole (; – ), or the Tanaru Indian (), was an Indigenous peoples in Brazil, indigenous person who lived alone in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. He was the sole inhabitant of the Tanaru Indigenous Territory, a protected Indigenous territory (Brazil), indigenous territory demarcated by the Brazilian government in 2007. It is not known what Languages_of_Brazil#Indigenous_languages, language the Man of the Hole spoke, what his people called themselves, or what his name was. He was the last surviving member of his people following Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil, their genocide by Brazilian settlers in the 1970s–1990s and chose to Uncontacted peoples, remain isolated until his death in 2022. Living primarily by hunting and gathering and moving frequently, he left behind a deep hole of unknown purpose in each of his former homes, giving rise to his nickname. After surviving a further attack by armed ranchers in 2009, he was found ...
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