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Paraná Do Urariá
The Paraná do Urariá is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a side channel that connects the Madeira River The Madeira River ( ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is the biggest tributary of ... (via the short Paraná do Canumã) and Amazonas River (via Paraná do Ramos). The Maués Açu, Apoquitaua, Paraconi, Abacaxis and Canumã Rivers all flow into the Paraná do Urariá. The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2001, is on the left bank of the Paraná do Urariá. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas References Brazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) Tributaries of the Amazon River {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazonas (Brazilian State)
Amazonas () is a federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the North Region, Brazil, North Region in the north-western corner of the country. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, largest Brazilian state by area and the list of the largest country subdivisions by area, ninth-largest country subdivision in the world with an area of 1,570,745.7 square kilometers. It is the largest country subdivision in South America, being greater than the areas of Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay combined. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre (state), Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the departments of Colombia, Departments of Amazonas (Colombian department), Amazonas, Vaupés Department, Vaupés and Guainía Department, Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas State, Venezuela, Amazonas state in Venezuela, and the Loreto Region in Peru. Amazonas is named after the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canumã River
Canumã River () is a river in the Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is located east of the Madeira River and runs roughly parallel to it. It flows into the Paraná Urariá shortly before merging into the Madeira River (the short channel between Canumã River/Paraná Urariá and the Madeira River is known as the Paraná do Canumã). Through the Paraná Urariá it is also connected to several other smaller rivers and ultimately Paraná do Ramos (mean annual discharge 2930 m3/s) which is a side channel of the Amazon River itself. The Canumã has its source at the confluence of the Acari and Sucunduri River Sucunduri River () is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil, one of the main headwaters of the Canumã River. Course The Sucunduri River rises in the Sucunduri State Park in the municipality of Apuí. The Monte Cristo rapids on t ...s. The latter and Canumã can be considered as the upper and lower sections of a single river, in which case it is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abacaxis River
The Abacaxis River is a river in the Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is located east of the Madeira River and these two are connected via the Paraná Urariá. Through the Paraná Urariá it is also connected to several other smaller rivers and ultimately Paraná do Ramos, which is a side channel of the Amazon River itself. The Abacaxis River also passes through Lake Guaribas. The river flows through the Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office. The river forms the western boundary of the Alto Maués Ecological Station Alto Maués Ecological Station () is an Ecological station (Brazil), ecological station, a fully protected area, in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. It contains about of Amazon rainforest. Location The Alto Maués Ecolo ... and of the Pau-Rosa National Forest. References Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maués Açu River
Maués Açu River () is a river of the northwest Brazilian state of Amazonas. The upper course of the river is known as Parauari River. It is located east of the Madeira River and south of the Amazon River. It is connected to both these, as well as several other smaller rivers, via the Paraná Urariá channel. The town of Maués Maués is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 65,040 (2020) and its area is 39,988 km2. Geography Maués is known as the "Land of Guaraná". There are sandy beaches, and Maues summer festival and G ... is located on the eastern bank of the river near the point where it merges into Paraná Urariá. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoquitaua River
Apoquitaua River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is located east of the Madeira River and south of the Amazon River. It is connected to both these, as well as several other smaller rivers, via the Paraná Urariá Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology *Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina *Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province In Brazil *Paraná (state), a state ... channel. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraconi River
The Paraconi River is a river in the state of Amazonas in north-western Brazil. It is located east of the Madeira River The Madeira River ( ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is the biggest tributary of ... and these two are connected via the Paraná Urariá. Through the Paraná Urariá it is also connected to several other smaller rivers and ultimately Paraná do Ramos, which is a side channel of the Amazon River itself. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeira River
The Madeira River ( ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is the biggest tributary of the Amazon, accounting for about 15% of the water in the basin. A map from Emanuel Bowen in 1747, held by the David Rumsey Map Collection, refers to the Madeira by the pre-colonial, indigenous name Cuyari. The River of Cuyari, called by the Portuguese Madeira or the Wood River, is formed by two great rivers, which join near its mouth. It was by this River, that the Nation of Topinambes passed into the River Amazon. Climate The mean inter-annual precipitations on the great basins vary from , the entire upper Madeira basin receiving . The greatest extremes of rainfall are between . Even just below the confluence that forms it, the Madeira is one of the largest rivers by discharge of the world, with a mean inter-annual discharge of , i.e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve
The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve () is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve in the municipality of Maués, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve is on the left bank of the Paraná do Urariá in the northwest of the municipality of Maues. It is about in a straight line or by river from Manaus. The reserve has the capacity to support 750 families. There are eleven scattered communities in the reserve. The Grande da Barreira Lake area has seven communities, the Curuçá Lake area has two communities and there are two communities on the Paraná do Urariá. Most of the residents are engaged in farming, fishing or extraction of forest resources. They gain income from sale of cassava flour, fish, Brazil nuts and guaraná Guaraná ( from the Portuguese ''guaraná'' ; ''Paullinia cupana'', syns. ''P. crysan, P. sorbilis'') is a climbing plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caritas Brazil
Caritas Brazil () is a not-for-profit social welfare organisation in Brazil. It is a service of the Catholic Church in Brazil and a member of both Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Latin America and Caribbean. History and work Caritas Brasil was founded in 1956 at the initiative of Bishop Hélder Câmara, who was at the time the Secretary-General of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB). It operates as a federation of 198 member organisations, structured into 13 regional divisions and four national articulations. Its work spans 450 municipalities, focusing on supporting the most impoverished communities. The organisation and its members implement their work through more than 15,000 workers, most of whom are volunteers. Initially centred on informal charitable practices guided by Christian principles, Caritas began professionalising its activities in the 1970s. This shift included specialised training for regional and diocesan staff, which laid the groundwork f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Manaus
The Archdiocese of Manaus () is an archdiocese located in the city of Manaus in Brazil. History * April 27, 1892: Established as the Diocese of Amazonas from the Diocese of Belém do Pará * February 16, 1952: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order ; Archbishops of Manaus * Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (2019.12.27 – present) * Sergio Eduardo Castriani (2012.12.12 - 2019.11.27) * Luiz Soares Vieira (1991.11.13 – 2012.12.12) * Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. (1985.01.05 – 1991.05.22), appointed Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais * Milton Corrêa Pereira (1981.03.05 – 1984.05.23) * Milton Corrêa Pereira (Apostolic Administrator 1980.04.21 – 1981.03.05) * João de Souza Lima (1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21) * Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (1952.02.16 – 1957.05.09), appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará ;Bishops of Amazonas * Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (later Archbishop)(1948.08.30 – 1952.02.16) * José da Matha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |