Beberibe River is a river located in

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. The river rises in the city of

Camaragibe Camaragibe (population 156,736) is a city in northeastern Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco. It lies near Recife at 8.00° South, 35.04° West. Currently, Camaragibe is run by Nadegi Queiroz (from the political party Republicans) and Délio Junio ...

from the confluence of the rivers Araçá and Pacas, and is 23.7 km long. Its

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measures 81 square kilometers and includes the following cities:

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( 65% ),

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( 21% ) and

( 14% ). Today, the main tributaries are the Euclides channel, Malaria channel and Vasco da Gama channel all located in

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. The Beberibe meets the

Capibaribe River The Capibaribe River () is a river located in Pernambuco state, Brazil, with a length of 240 kilometers. The Capibaribe originates in the Serra do Jacarará, in the municipality of Poção, and flows to the Atlantic Ocean at Recife. Etymology Th ...

near to the end of Aurora street (Recife city center) to flow into the

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. The name Beberibe means ''where the sugar cane grows''. Also, in Recife Beberibe could be a neighborhood with the eponymous name.

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