Beberibe River is a river located in
Pernambuco
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,
Brazil
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. The river rises in the city of
Camaragibe from the confluence of the rivers Araçá and Pacas, and is 23.7 km long. Its
drainage basin
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measures 81 square kilometers and includes the following cities:
Recife
That it may shine on all ( Matthew 5:15)
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( 65% ),
Olinda ( 21% ) and
Camaragibe ( 14% ). Today, the main tributaries are the Euclides channel, Malaria channel and Vasco da Gama channel all located in
Recife metropolitan area
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. The Beberibe meets the
Capibaribe River near to the end of Aurora street (Recife city center) to flow into the
Atlantic Ocean
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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.
References
Rivers of Pernambuco
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