The Arinos River is a river in

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. It is located east of, and empties into, the

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. Some of the Suyá Indians, a Gê-speaking people of central Brazil, migrated from the state of

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to this river.

References

*Arinos River. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 14, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/34318/Arinos-River

Footnotes

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