Marajoara cultureThe Marajoara or Marajó culture was an ancient pre-Cabraline era culture that flourished on Marajó island at the mouth of the Amazon River in northern Brazil. In a survey, Charles C. Mann suggests the culture appeared to flourish between 800 AD and 1400 AD, based on archeological studies. Researchers have documented that there was human activity at these sites as early as 1000 BC. The culture seems to have persisted into the colonial era.
Vieira Grande BayVieira Grande Bay (Portuguese: Baía do Vieira Grande) is a bay off the Brazilian coast located in the state of Pará. The bay forms one of the main river channels in the Amazon Delta. The bay is fed in the South by the Jacaré Grande River and by a complex system of numerous river channels that are called furos in Portuguese. These channels form a link between the Amazon and the Vieira Grande Bay.
Pará RiverThe Pará River (Portuguese: Rio Pará), also called Parauaú River, Jacaré Grande River, Marajó River Channel, Macacos River Channel, Santa Maria River Channel and Bocas Bay, is a watercourse and immense estuarine complex that functions as a canal between the rivers Amazon (Amazon delta), Tocantins, Campina Grande (or Portel Bay) and Marajó Bay, in addition to numerous other smaller rivers. It can also be considered a distributary channel of the Tocantins River.
Marajó ArchipelagoThe Marajó Archipelago (Portuguese: arquipélago do Marajó) is the largest fluvial-maritime archipelago on Earth. Located in the Brazilian states of Amapá and Pará, the island group has approx. 2,500 islands.
ParáPará (, ; Brazilian Portuguese:) is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at in the bay of Marajó, near the estuary of the Amazon river.
Water buffaloSpecies of large bovineThe water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also called domestic water buffalo, Asian water buffalo, and Asiatic water buffalo, is a large domesticated bovine originating in South and Southeast Asia descended from the wild water buffalo. Today, it is also kept in regions including Italy, the Balkans, Australia, the Americas, and parts of Africa.
Marajó BayMarajó Bay, the Marajoara Gulf or the Amazon Gulf, is a recessed body of water of the Brazilian coast located in the state of Pará. It is roughly 4,500 km (1,700 sq mi) in size, and is a receptacle for the waters of the Pará Riverdistributary channel, the waters of the Tocantins basin and the waters of the Guajará Bay, serving as the eastern aquatic border of both the Marajó Island and the Marajó Archipelago.
PororocaThe Pororoca (Portuguese pronunciation:, ) is a tidal bore, with waves up to 4 m (13 ft) high that travel as much as 800 km (500 mi) inland upstream on the Amazon River and adjacent rivers. It occurs at the mouth of the river where its waters meet the Atlantic Ocean. It can be observed from the islands Marajó and Caviana, and in various rivers of the state Pará. EtymologyIts name might come from the indigenous Tupi language, where it could translate into "great roar".
South AmericaSouth America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and most in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern subregion of the Americas.
Pre-Cabraline history of BrazilHistory of Brazil before the arrival of Europeans (antiquity-1500)The megaliths in the Solstício Archaeological Park, in Calçoene, are attributed to ancient Indigenous peoples of the region.The pre-Cabraline history of Brazil is the stage in Brazil's history before the arrival of Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500, at a time when the region that is now Brazilian territory was inhabited by thousands of Indigenous peoples.
Atlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about 85,133,000 square kilometers (32,870,000 sq mi). It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe).
Tidal boreA tidal bore, often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travels up a river or narrow bay, reversing the direction of the river or bay's current. It is a strong tide that pushes up the river, against the current.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.