PARÁ, River, Brazil

river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, N Brazil. It is actually the southeastern arm or estuary of the Amazon, divided from the rest of the river by Marajó island. It receives the waters of the Tocantins River. The port of Belém is on the right bank.

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The Conquest of Brazil
Book by Roy Nash; Harcourt Brace & Company, 1968
Subjects: Brazil
...Coastal Aborigines in Colonial Times," The Brazilian-American , July 8, 1922. kind of agriculture...of culture extended not only along the river margins of the Amazon low- lands, but...miles, from the mouth of the Madeira to Para, and then south along the seacoast to...
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Brazil on the March, a Study in International Cooperation: Reflections on the Report of the American Technical Mission to Brazil
Book by Morris Llewellyn Cooke; Whittlesey House, McGraw-hill Book Company, Inc., 1944
Subjects: Brazil--Economic Conditions--1918-, Brazil--Industries
...miles up the Amazon River, where the wild rubber...begins. Before Brazil lost control of the...port is jammed with river boats, small craft...seaplanes. Brazilian Government Trade...then away from the river over a range of wooded hills, out of Brazil and across the flat...
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Modern Brazil New Patterns and Development
Book by John Saunders; University of Florida Press, 1971
Subjects: Brazil--Economic Conditions--1945-, Brazil--Social Conditions
...near the Paraguay River, where average...braziliensis , Brazil-nut Bertholetia...encompasses the state of Para and the territory...elevation of the river upon entering Brazil from Peru is only...which is the Para River that empties into...
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Diplomatic Relations between the United States and Brazil
Book by Lawrence F. Hill; Duke University Press, 1932
Subjects: Brazil--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Brazil
...place in northern Brazil. 21 The governments...assistance from the River Plate and the...and crossed the river to free their native land from Brazilian dominance. Once...under convoy of a Brazilian war vessel, of...Gilbraltar to the River Plate. Upon learning...
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Inside Development in Latin America: A Report from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Brazil
Book by James Lang; University of North Carolina Press, 1988
Subjects: Agricultural Development Projects--Brazil, Agricultural Development Projects--Colombia, Agricultural Development Projects--Dominican Republic, Public Health--Brazil, Public Health--Colombia, Public Health--Dominican Republic, Rural Development Projects--Brazil, Rural Development Projects--Colombia, Rural Development Projects--Dominican Republic
...Dominican Republic than in Brazil. For their part, Brazilians...the Yaque del Norte River, or hydroelectric power...particularly appreciated in Brazil as a chance to laugh...mountains. The Cauca River cuts between the Coastal...outdone, the Magdalena River clears the way between...
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Space Technology and Environmental Monitoring in Brazil
Journal article by Thelma Krug; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1998
Subjects: Amazon River Region--Environmental aspects, Brazil--Environmental policy, Environmental policy--Brazil, Rain forest ecology--Technique, Rain forests--Environmental aspects, Space technology--Environmental aspects
...greenhouse gases, river basin contamination...SIVAMs importance to Brazil, some aspects of...Brasil Cria Satelite Para Fotografar Amazonia...14) CBERS: China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite...Programa Piloto para a Protecao de Florestas...Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest" (1997...
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Fruticulture and Uneven Development in Northeast Brazil
Journal article by Cesar N. Caviedes, Keith D. Muller; The Geographical Review, Vol. 84, 1994
Subjects: Brazil--Agriculture, Fruit-culture--Brazil, Irrigation farming--Brazil
...modernizacao da agricultura brasileira (1960-1980): anotacoes para um debate. Caderno Norte-Rio-Grandense de Temas Geograficos...solos e o ambiente agricola no sistema Piranhas-Acu. Mossoro, Brazil: Escola Superior de Agricultura-Mossoro/Fundacao Guimaraes Duque...
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Climate Fluctuations, Demography and Development: Insights and Opportunities for Northeast Brazil
Journal article by Ariaster B. Chimeli, Carolyn Z. Mutter, Chet Ropelewski; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 56, 2002
Subjects: Brazil--Economic aspects, Brazil--Environmental aspects, Brazil--Political aspects, Developing countries, Economic development--Environmental aspects, Economic development--Political aspects, Economic development--Social aspects, Social problems--Environmental aspects, Social problems--Political aspects
...622-1990 Incorporating Nile River Flood Data," in Henry...e Coordenacao (Ceara, Brazil: Imprensa Oficial do Ceara...no Nordeste: Um Alerta para o Presente (Recife: Faculdade...Region Report no. 19217-BR, Brazil Country Management Unit...de 1986 a 1996, Textos para discussao no. 627 (Brasilia...
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Demographic Change in a Post-Export Boom Society: The Population of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1776-1821
Journal article by Laird W. Bergad; Journal of Social History, Vol. 29, 1996
Subjects: Demographic transition--Analysis, Economic development--Analysis, Minas Gerais, Brazil--Demographic aspects, Slave labor--Economic aspects
...Silence: The Slave Economy of Nineteenth-Century Minas Gerais, Brazil" (Ph.D. dissertation, Vanderbilt University, 1980), and a more...XIX, Outra Vez," Belo Horizonte, UFMG/CEDEPLAR, 1994 (Texto para discussao No. 70) and Robert W. Slenes, "Os Multiplos de Porcos...
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The Institutional Architecture of Extractive Reserves in Rondonia, Brazil
Journal article by Katrina Brown, Sergio Rosendo; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 166, 2000
Subjects: Conservation of natural resources--Associations and societies, Environmental movement--Brazil, Environmental policy--Brazil, Forest conservation--Brazil, Rondonia, Brazil--Natural resources
...forestal do Rondonia um ano apos o acordo para a sua reformulacao. Sao Paulo and Porto...WWF international programme 1993-1994: Brazil, new and ongoing projects submitted to...improve transport to avoid * road and river transport out-migration to other...
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Brazil
Magazine article by Brian J. Godfrey; Focus, Vol. 45, Summer 1999
Subjects: Brazil--Description and travel
...Belem, Para...BRAZIL (total...mouth of the Amazon River, receives about...is the dominant river of Brazil. Three thousand...on the Parana River between Brazil and Paraguay, provided...
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Water World: Brazil Is Home to the World's Largest Reserves of Renewable Fresh Water, but Unfettered Development Is Putting Increasing Pressure on This Incredible Storehouse. and Remarkably, until Recently, Little Information Existed on Water Quality in Brazil's Rivers. That Was until Gerard and Margi Moss Set out to Sample All of the Country's Rivers Using a Specially Adapted Light Plane
Magazine article by Natalie Hoare; Geographical, Vol. 80, August 2008
Subjects: Brazil--Natural resources, Natural areas--Environmental aspects, Nature reserves--Environmental aspects
...the country, is now the focus of a project to create Brazils first river park, which, if successful, would keep the river dam...experts, were: Araguaia (Goias, Mato Grosso, Tocantins and Para states), Grande (Bahia), Ibicui (Rio Grande do Sul...
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Brazil under a Labour Government Part Two
Magazine article by Joaquina Pires-O'Brien; Contemporary Review, Vol. 285, October 2004
Subjects: Brazil--International relations, Brazil--Political aspects, Lula da Silva, Luiz Inacio--Analysis, Lula da Silva, Luiz Inacio--Political activity, Political reform--Analysis, Politics--Analysis
...where it is generated to consumers. At present Brazils grid fails to cover some of its most remote parts, like the Upper Solimoes river, in the state of Amazonas, and a strip that goes from Southern Para to the Atlantic coast. The grid also misses...
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Indian Land Rights and Land Conflicts in Brazil
Magazine article by Joaquina Pires-O'Brien; Contemporary Review, Vol. 275, September 1999
Subjects: Brazil--Politics and government, Right of property--Political aspects, South American native peoples--Brazil, Sting--Political activity
...the slums and shanty towns. In 1980, when Brazil entered the recession that lasted throughout...Belem-Brasilia motorway and alongside the Araguaia river, concentrating in the county of Conceicao...migration intensified towards the south of Para and to the north of Mato Grosso and Goias...
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Cruising the River Sea
Magazine article by Loren Mcintyre; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 53, October 2001
Subjects: Amazon River--Description and travel, Cruise ships--Personal narratives, Stella Solaris (Ship)--Personal narratives, Travel--Amazon River Region
...miles upstream to take on river pilots at Macapa, a city...Eighty miles up the Para estuary, Belem is the...waterways and southern Brazils farms and industries...to build a new raft of Brazilian logs in order to continue...to replace sail on the river. To encourage traffic...
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Brazil Seeks to Halt Clearing; 5 'Reserves' Set Aside in Amazon
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 7, 2005
...states like Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Acre and Para. "The state of Amazon is still pretty...capital of Amazonas state in northwest Brazil, "but we have to be extremely careful...enjoyed a mango on the bank of the Anapu River a week earlier. 2 Photos by Agence France-Presse...
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From Classroom Rebel to Teenage Drifter ... the Tragic Life of 'Body in a Suitcase' Cara; 1.LOVE RIVAL: Wendel Ferreira with Cara. She Flaunted His Tattoo 2.TROUBLED: Cara Burke 'Was Loud, Lively and Hard to Control' ARRESTED: Dos Santos with Brazilian Police Last Week 3.TROUBLED: Cara Burke Was Loud, Lively and Hard to Control
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 3, 2008
...and legs in plastic bags and throwing them into a river outside the central Brazilian city of Goiania. But detectives say he killed her...flaunted a tattoo on her wrist, declaring Wendel para sempre (Wendel forever). During an ensuing argument...
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Football: Eurochamps Now Handed New Mission to Rule World! Changing Face of a Competition That Anfield Boss Is So Determined to Win
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), November 14, 2005
...decorated clubs in the world. Theyve won 21 Brazilian state championships, three national...defeated fellow Brazilians Atletico Para-naense in their continental final, having overcome Argentinian giants River Plate in the semi-final. STAR PLAYER...


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encyclopedia articles on: ParA River Brazil  - 10 results

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ParÁ , River, Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
PARA , river, Brazil river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, N Brazil. It is actually the southeastern arm or estuary of the Amazon, divided from the rest of the river by Marajo island. It receives the waters of the Tocantins...
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Tocantins , River, Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...river, Brazil river, 1,640 mi (2,639 km) long, formed in S central Goias state, Brazil, by the confluence of two headstreams. It flows N to the Para River, the southern distributary of the Amazon, SW of Belem. It is only partly navigable because...
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Amazon , River, Peru and Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...occasionally called the Solimoes from the Brazilian border to the junction with the Rio Negro...which enter from the south. The Casiquiare River, a natural canal, links the Amazon basin...islands. The southern channel, called the Para River, receives the Tocantins River and...
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ParÁ , State, Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
PARA , state, Brazil p ra , state (1996 pop...Brazil, in the lower Amazon River basin bordering on the Guianas...by 2006 more than 50% of Para was protected in government...abundance of rivers has made Para a great haven for smugglers...
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Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...rivers. The rain forests of the Amazon River basin occupy all the north and north central portions of Brazil. With the opening of the interior in the...region includes the states of Amazonas , Para , Acre , Amapa , Roraima , and Rondonia...
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