The Caroaebe River (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Caroebe River which is further south) is a river of Roraima state in northern

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, near the equator.

Geography

The headwaters are at approximately between the towns of

Caroebe Caroebe () is a municipality located in the southeast of the state of Roraima in Brazil. Its population is 10,383 (as of 2020) and its area is 12,066 km². It is the easternmost municipality in Roraima and the only one to border the state of P ...

and São João da Baliza, on the northern side of the connecting roadway

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. The river flows westward to approximately where it merges with the larger Anauá River, just prior to the Majada waterfall which is to the north of São Luiz.. The bulk of the ''Rio Caroaebe'' is located to the

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of the map-coordinate at indicated by the map-grid.

Ecology

Along the river,

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s have studied species of black flies ('' Simulium guianense'' and '' Simulium litobranchium'', see ''

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'') which carry a parasite that causes river-blindness. : ... age 49 Collection site locality: Roraima, São João da Baliza, Rio Caro be, Vicinal 32(GR), . Collection date: 28.ix.2005. Collector: A.M. Collected specimens: ''S. guianense''(4).

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: Forest-dwelling.

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s: CO1(4) ITS(4). ... age 51

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: Rib-GR1. Source specimen: S. guianense Roraima (Caro be)#1. ITS-1 diagnosed intragenomic SNPs: SNP-47 ( T/G); SNP-99 ( A/C); SNP-101 ( C/T). ITS-2 diagnosed intragenomic SNPs: SNP-485 ( A/G).

: Rib-GR2. Source specimen: S. guianense Roraima (Caro be)#2.... , author1-link= James L. Crainey

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Rivers of Roraima {{Roraima-river-stub

Geography

Ecology

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