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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
Alter do Chão along the Tapajós river near Santarém (PA). The Amazon is fed by rivers originating in three different areas: from the Andes in the west (Madeira, Japurá, Javari, Juruá, and Purus), from the Brazilian Highlands in the south (Tapajós, Xingu, and Tocantins) and from Venezuela and the Guyanas in the north (Negro, Branco, Jari and Trombetas). It laterally cuts the Amazon Basin as it flows from the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic Oceano On its way to the AtIantic the river changes names several times (six times in Peru alone) crossing the border into Brazil as the Solimões River and simply being referred to as the Amazon on its final stretch.Alter do Chão junto ao rio Tapajós, perto de Santarém (PA). O rio Amazonas é alimentado por inúmeros afluentes originários de três diferentes regiões: da Cordilheira dos Andes (oeste) surgem os rios Madeira, Japurá, Javari, Juruá e Purus; do planalto Brasileiro (sul) os rios Tapajós, Xingu e Tocantins; e da Venezuela e das Guianas (norte) os rios Negro, Branco, Jari e Trombetas. Ele corta a bacia Amazónica dos Andes Peruanos ao Oceano Atlântico. Na sua trajetória, o rio muda de nome várias vezes (seis vezes no Peru), sendo chamado de rio Solimões quando entra no território brasileiro e depois simplesmente conhecido como Amazonas no seu trecho final.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1988
Keywords
Brazil: Introduction to Brazil
