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    prove their claim. He accompanied them on their return, by way of the Casiquiare canal, and afterwards retraced his route to the Orinoco. Along the way, he...
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  • also contains the Serranía de la Neblina and Parima Tapirapecó national parks. The lowest land is in the Casiquiare canal plateau and the highest is on...
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    to where it is joined by the Casiquiare canal, on the border between Colombia and Venezuela. After following the Casiquiare to the Orinoco River they hovered...
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  • appeared in 1682 and 1698. Acuña was the first to describe the Casiquiare canal, a natural canal linking the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, in 1639. Chisholm 1911...
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  • a tributary of the Casiquiare canal, in turn a tributary of the Rio Negro. The Pasimoni forms on the northern slope of the Cerro de la Neblina and flows...
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    is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River. The settlement contains...
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  • Basin. The city is located a few kilometers from the mouth of the Casiquiare canal, an important fluvial artery that connects the Amazon Basin with the...
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  • indented under each larger stream's name. Amazon River (Brazil) Rio Negro Casiquiare canal Baria River Yatuá River Siapa River Pasimoni River Guainía River Conorochite...
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    river passes. 120 km (75 mi) further downstream the river receives the Casiquiare canal from the left (north), forming a unique link between the Orinoco and...
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    the Caribbean, but which also drains into the South Atlantic via the Casiquiare canal and Amazon River. Since ridgelines are sometimes easy to see and agree...
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    along the Casiquiare canal, with small numbers in Puerto Ayacucho, San Fernando de Atabapo, Solano, San Carlos de Río Negro, Santa Rosa de Amanadon and...
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    Ocellate river stingray (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Río de la Plata Basin and Mearim River resemble CD1. Individuals from the Rio Negro and Orinoco basins (which are connected by the Casiquiare canal) are...
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    of people from other neighboring states. 200 km to the south is the Casiquiare canal, a waterway that links South America's two largest river systems, the...
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    - Peru, Brazil Rio Negro - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil Casiquiare Canal - a large natural canal in Venezuela connecting the Rio Negro with the upper Orinoco...
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    an indirect impact on surrounding ecosystems via flow patterns. The Casiquiare canal splits off from the Orinoco (an east-flowing river in northern Venezuela...
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    River to the eastern part of Peru; in the north, it appears in the Casiquiare canal and the upper and middle Orinoco River. In Brazil, it is found in Rondônia...
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    people. That expedition continued, in 1920, to traverse the natural Casiquiare canal, and descend the Rio Negro to the Amazon at Manaus. His most important...
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    1726 — Francisco Xavier de Moraes, ascending the Rio Negro, discovers the Casiquiare canal to the Orinoco. 1736 — Charles Marie de La Condamine sends the...
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    union between the Amazon and the Orinoco basins, the so-called Casiquiare canal. The Casiquiare is a river distributary of the upper Orinoco, which flows southward...
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  • Fernando de Atabapo, at that time the capital of Amazonas Federal Territory, Koch-Grunberg continued his journey along the Casiquiare canal, which links...
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    Orinoco between Puerto Samariapo [it] and Puerto Ayacucho, and the Casiquiare canal. This subspecies is not recognized by the Committee on Taxonomy of...
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    Mém. de l'Académie des Sciences, 1745 (English translation 1745–1747). This included the first descriptions by a European of the Casiquiare canal and the...
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    River Tarra River Río de Oro Atrato River Salaqúí River Sucio River Bojayá River Murrí River Fundación River Leon River < Canal del Dique (Levee Channel)...
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    Negro to the Venezuela-Colombia border. In Venezuela the blackwater Casiquiare canal, a distributary of the Orinoco, feeds the Guainia/Negro River. The...
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  • Proto-Arawak language journeyed along the Río Negro. They navigated the Casiquiare canal and settled in the Orinoco River area. This migration gave rise to...
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    uninhabited country, had an aim of establishing the existence of the Casiquiare canal (a communication between the water systems of the rivers Orinoco and...
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    Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, captured by the Gaspereau River The Casiquiare canal is a distributary of the Orinoco River that is currently in the process...
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    peacock bass in Florida. The butterfly peacock bass tends to flourish in the canals and fresh waterways throughout south Florida. Because of their tropical...
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    first successful prediction and observation of a transit of Venus. The Casiquiare canal, a river forming a natural channel between the Amazon River and Orinoco...
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  • first successful prediction and observation of a transit of Venus. The Casiquiare canal, a river forming a natural channel between the Amazon River and Orinoco...
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