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List of rivers in São Paulo ( Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in São Paulo drain to the Atlantic Ocean.


By Drainage Basin


Atlantic Coast

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Paraíba do Sul The Paraíba do Sul (), or simply termed Paraíba, is a river in southeast Brazil. It flows west to northeast from its farthest source at the source of the river Paraitinga to the sea near Campos dos Goytacazes. The river receives its name when ...
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Barra Mansa River The Barra Mansa River is a river of Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Rio de Janeiro A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations ...
** Bananal River ** Barreiro de Baixo River ** Sesmarias River ** Do Salto River ** Itagacaba River **
Bocaina River The Bocaina River ( pt, Ribeirão Bocaina) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. The headwaters are protected by the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, creat ...
** Guaratinguetá River **
Buquira River The Buquira River ( pt, Rio Buquira) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. The headwaters are protected by the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in ...
** Jaguari River *** Parateí River (Lambari-Parateí River) *** Do Peixe River *** Pilões River ** Itapeti River ** Paraibuna River *** Lourenço Velho River *** Do Peixe River *** Ipiranga River **
Paraitinga River The Paraitinga River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. The headwaters are protected by the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protec ...
*** Itaim River ***
Jacuí River The Jacuí River () is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil. The Jacuí empties into the Guaíba River, an estuarine arm of the Lagoa dos Patos, a large coastal lagoon connected to the Atlantic Ocean. Sources The Jacuí River, ...
** Comprido River * Bracuí River * Mambucaba River * Puruba River * Camburu River * Itapanhaú River * Cubatão River *
Branco River The Branco River ( pt, Rio Branco; Engl: ''White River'') is the principal affluent of the Rio Negro from the north. Basin The river drains the Guayanan Highlands moist forests ecoregion. It is enriched by many streams from the Tepui highlands w ...
* Comprido River *
Guaraú River The Guaraú River ( pt, Rio Guaraú) is a river in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Course The basin of the Guaraú River is in the Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station. The river flows eastward along the foot of the Serra dos Itatins and enters th ...
* Una do Prelado River * Ribeira de Iguape River ** Una da Aldeia River *** Itimirim River ***
Itinguçu River The Itinguçu River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tribut ...
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Espraiado River The Espraiado River ( pt, Rio do Espraiado) is a river in the south of the state of São Paulo Brazil. It is a tributary of the Una da Aldeia River. Course The river originates in the municipality of Pedro de Toledo, São Paulo. It flows along th ...
*** Das Pedras River ** Pariquera-Açu River **
Jacupiranga River The Jacupiranga River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tri ...
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Juquiá River The Juquiá River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributar ...
*** Quilombo River *** São Lourenço River ** Pardo River ** Itapirapuã River


Paraná Basin

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Paraná River The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...
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Paranapanema River The Paranapanema River (Portuguese, ''Rio Paranapanema'') is one of the most important rivers of the interior of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The river forms most of the boundary between the states of São Paulo and Paraná. Course From s ...
*** Pirapozinho River ***
Taquaruçu River The Taquaruçu River is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul List of rivers in Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective ...
*** Capivara River **** Capivari River *** Novo River *** Pardo River **** Turvo River ***** Alambari River **** Novo River **** Claro River **** Palmital River ***
Itararé River The Itararé River is a river on the boundary between the Paraná and São Paulo states in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Paraná *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arra ...
**** Verde River **** Da Água Morta River *** Taquari-Guaçu River *** Guareí River *** Apiai-Guaçu River **** Apiai-Mirim River ***** São José do Guapiara River *** Itapetininga River **** Turvo River **** Pinhal Grande River *** Das Almas River **
Santo Anastácio River The Santo Anastácio River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective ...
** Do Peixe River ** Aguapeí River *** Tibiriça River ** Tietê River *** Dourado River ***
Ribeirão Barra Mansa The Ribeirão Barra Mansa is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective ...
*** Batalha River *** São Lourenço River *** Claro River ***
Jacaré-Guaçu River The Jacaré-Guaçu River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It flows into the Tietê River near Ibitinga. The river separates the municipalities of Brotas and São Carlos. The Santana Dam creates a reservoir on the river cover ...
**** Chibarro River **** Boa Esperança River **** Monjolinho River ***
Jacaré Pepira River Jacaré, Portuguese for "alligator", may refer to: People * Ronaldo Souza (born 1979), Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist, nicknamed ''Jacaré'' * Romero Cavalcanti (born 1952), Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor, nicknamed '' ...
*** Jaú River ***
Ribeirão Grande Ribeirão Grande is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 7,679 (2020 est.) in an area of 333 km2. The elevation is 690 m. The municipality contains part of the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, cr ...
**** Bauru River ***
Lençóis River The Lençóis River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tribut ...
*** Araguá River ***
Piracicaba River The Piracicaba River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tietê River, which it joins in the reservoir created by Barra Bonita Dam. There is also another Piracicaba river in the state of Minas Gerais, n ...
**** Corumbataí River *****
Passa Cinco River The Passa Cinco River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective trib ...
**** Jaguari River ***** Camanducaia River ****
Atibaia River Atibaia (or ''Estância de Atibaia'') is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name is derived from an indigenous language called Tupi, and means "healthy water river". Its name has changed over time, from the primitive ...
***** Anhumas River ****** Das Pedras River ***** Cachoeira River *** Alambari River *** Do Peixe River *** Capivari River ***
Sorocaba River The Sorocaba River (Portuguese, ''Rio Sorocaba'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tietê River. The river runs large and important part of the municipality of Sorocaba. Geography Sorocaba headwate ...
**** Guarapó River **** Tatuí River **** Sarapuí River *** Avecutá River *** Jundiaí River *** Jundiuvira River *** Juqueri River *** Cotia River *** Pinheiros River (Jurabatuba River) ****
Guarapiranga River The Guarapiranga River (in Portuguese: ''Rio Guarapiranga'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin fr ...
***** Embu-Mirim River ***** Embu-Guaçu River **** Pequeno River ***
Tamanduateí River The Tamanduateí River (in Portuguese: ''Rio Tamanduateí'', ) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South A ...
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Anhangabaú River The Anhangabaú River (in Portuguese: ''Rio Anhangabaú'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. The Anhangabaú River cuts through the very oldest part of central São Paulo, though it has been canalized since the first decade o ...
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Ipiranga Brook The Ipiranga Brook (in Portuguese: ''Riacho do Ipiranga'', ), is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil, historically known as the place where Dom Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil ...
*** Aricanduva River *** Cabuçu de Cima River (Guapira River) *** Baquirivu-Guaçu River *** Guaio River *** Taiaçupeba River **** Taiaçupeba-Mirim River *** Jundiaí River *** Biritiba-Mirim River ***
Paraitinga River The Paraitinga River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. The headwaters are protected by the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protec ...
*** Claro River **
São José dos Dourados River The São José dos Dourados River (Portuguese, ''Rio São José dos Dourados'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraná River, which it joins just upriver of Ilha Solteira Dam.Grande River *** Paulo Diniz River *** Turvo River **** Preto River ***** Jataí River **** Cachoeirinha River **** São Domingos River *** Pardo River **** Velho River **** Moji-Guaçu River ***** Quilombo River *****
Jaguari Mirim River The Jaguari Mirim River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency It is a tributary of the Moji-Guaçu River. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Pa ...
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Itupeva River The Itupeva River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributar ...
***** Oriçanga River *****
Moji-Mirim River The Moji-Mirim River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tribu ...
***** Rio do Peixe **** Araraquara River **** Canoas River **** Guaxupé River *** Sapucai River **** Sapucai-Mirim River


Alphabetically

* Aguapeí River * Alambari River * Alambari River * Das Almas River *
Anhangabaú River The Anhangabaú River (in Portuguese: ''Rio Anhangabaú'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. The Anhangabaú River cuts through the very oldest part of central São Paulo, though it has been canalized since the first decade o ...
* Apiai-Guaçu River * Apiai-Mirim River * Da Água Morta River * Araguá River * Araraquara River * Aricanduva River *
Atibaia River Atibaia (or ''Estância de Atibaia'') is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name is derived from an indigenous language called Tupi, and means "healthy water river". Its name has changed over time, from the primitive ...
* Avecutá River * Bananal River * Baquirivu-Guaçu River *
Barra Mansa River The Barra Mansa River is a river of Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Rio de Janeiro A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations ...
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Ribeirão Barra Mansa The Ribeirão Barra Mansa is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective ...
* Barreiro de Baixo River * Batalha River * Bauru River * Biritiba-Mirim River * Boa Esperança River *
Bocaina River The Bocaina River ( pt, Ribeirão Bocaina) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. The headwaters are protected by the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, creat ...
* Bracuí River *
Branco River The Branco River ( pt, Rio Branco; Engl: ''White River'') is the principal affluent of the Rio Negro from the north. Basin The river drains the Guayanan Highlands moist forests ecoregion. It is enriched by many streams from the Tepui highlands w ...
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Buquira River The Buquira River ( pt, Rio Buquira) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. The headwaters are protected by the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in ...
* Cabuçu de Cima River (Guapira River) * Cachoeira River * Cachoeirinha River * Camanducaia River * Camburu River * Canoas River * Capivara River * Capivari River * Capivari River * Claro River * Claro River * Claro River * Comprido River * Comprido River * Corumbataí River * Cotia River * Cubatão River * Dourado River * Embu-Guaçu River * Embu-Mirim River * Grande River *
Ribeirão Grande Ribeirão Grande is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 7,679 (2020 est.) in an area of 333 km2. The elevation is 690 m. The municipality contains part of the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area, cr ...
* Guaio River * Guarapó River *
Guarapiranga River The Guarapiranga River (in Portuguese: ''Rio Guarapiranga'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin fr ...
* Guaratinguetá River * Guareí River * Guaxupé River *
Ipiranga Brook The Ipiranga Brook (in Portuguese: ''Riacho do Ipiranga'', ), is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil, historically known as the place where Dom Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil ...
* Ipiranga River * Itaim River * Itagacaba River * Itapanhaú River * Itapeti River * Itapetininga River * Itapirapuã River *
Itararé River The Itararé River is a river on the boundary between the Paraná and São Paulo states in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Paraná *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arra ...
* Itimirim River *
Itinguçu River The Itinguçu River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tribut ...
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Itupeva River The Itupeva River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributar ...
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Jacaré Pepira River Jacaré, Portuguese for "alligator", may refer to: People * Ronaldo Souza (born 1979), Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist, nicknamed ''Jacaré'' * Romero Cavalcanti (born 1952), Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor, nicknamed '' ...
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Jacaré-Guaçu River The Jacaré-Guaçu River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It flows into the Tietê River near Ibitinga. The river separates the municipalities of Brotas and São Carlos. The Santana Dam creates a reservoir on the river cover ...
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Jacuí River The Jacuí River () is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil. The Jacuí empties into the Guaíba River, an estuarine arm of the Lagoa dos Patos, a large coastal lagoon connected to the Atlantic Ocean. Sources The Jacuí River, ...
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Jacupiranga River The Jacupiranga River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tri ...
* Jaguari River *
Jaguari Mirim River The Jaguari Mirim River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency It is a tributary of the Moji-Guaçu River. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Pa ...
* Jaguari River * Jataí River * Jaú River * Jundiaí River *
Jundiaí River (upper Tietê River tributary) The Jundiaí River (Portuguese, ''Rio Jundiaí'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tietê River, which it joins in Mogi das Cruzes. See also * List of rivers of São Paulo * Tributaries of the Río de ...
* Jundiuvira River * Juqueri River *
Juquiá River The Juquiá River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributar ...
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Lençóis River The Lençóis River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tribut ...
* Lourenço Velho River * Mambucaba River * Moji-Guaçu River *
Moji-Mirim River The Moji-Mirim River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tribu ...
* Monjolinho River * Novo River * Novo River * Oriçanga River * Palmital River *
Paraíba do Sul The Paraíba do Sul (), or simply termed Paraíba, is a river in southeast Brazil. It flows west to northeast from its farthest source at the source of the river Paraitinga to the sea near Campos dos Goytacazes. The river receives its name when ...
* Paraibuna River *
Paraitinga River The Paraitinga River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. The headwaters are protected by the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protec ...
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Paraitinga River The Paraitinga River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. The headwaters are protected by the Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protec ...
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Paraná River The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...
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Paranapanema River The Paranapanema River (Portuguese, ''Rio Paranapanema'') is one of the most important rivers of the interior of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The river forms most of the boundary between the states of São Paulo and Paraná. Course From s ...
* Parateí River (Lambari-Parateí River) * Pardo River * Pardo River * Pardo River * Pariquera-Açu River *
Passa Cinco River The Passa Cinco River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective trib ...
* Paulo Diniz River * Das Pedras River * Das Pedras River * Do Peixe River *
Rio do Peixe (Mojiguaçu River) Peixe River or Do Peixe River or Rio do Peixe (''peixe'' means ''fish'' in Portuguese) may refer to the following rivers: Brazil * Peixe River (Paraguaçu River tributary) * Peixe River (Corumbá River tributary) * Peixe River (Crixás Açu Riv ...
* Do Peixe River * Do Peixe River * Do Peixe River * Pequeno River * Pilões River * Pinhal Grande River * Pinheiros River (Jurabatuba River) *
Piracicaba River The Piracicaba River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tietê River, which it joins in the reservoir created by Barra Bonita Dam. There is also another Piracicaba river in the state of Minas Gerais, n ...
* Pirapozinho River * Preto River * Puruba River * Quilombo River * Quilombo River * Ribeira de Iguape River *
Santo Anastácio River The Santo Anastácio River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of São Paulo List of rivers in São Paulo (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective ...
* Do Salto River * São Domingos River * São José do Guapiara River *
São José dos Dourados River The São José dos Dourados River (Portuguese, ''Rio São José dos Dourados'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraná River, which it joins just upriver of Ilha Solteira Dam.São Lourenço River * São Lourenço River * Sapucai River * Sapucai-Mirim River * Sarapuí River * Sesmarias River *
Sorocaba River The Sorocaba River (Portuguese, ''Rio Sorocaba'') is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tietê River. The river runs large and important part of the municipality of Sorocaba. Geography Sorocaba headwate ...
* Taiaçupeba River * Taiaçupeba-Mirim River *
Tamanduateí River The Tamanduateí River (in Portuguese: ''Rio Tamanduateí'', ) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South A ...
* Taquari-Guaçu River *
Taquaruçu River The Taquaruçu River is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul List of rivers in Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective ...
* Tatuí River * Tibiriça River * Tietê River * Turvo River * Turvo River * Turvo River * Velho River * Verde River


References


Map
from Ministry of Transport * Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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