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    The Xingu River (/ʃiːŋˈɡuː/ sheeng-GOO; Portuguese: Rio Xingu [ˈʁi.u ʃĩˈɡu]; Mẽbêngôkre: Byti [bɯˈti]: 73 ) is a 1,640 km (1,020 mi) river in north Brazil...
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    (Hypancistrus zebra) is a species of catfish endemic to a small section of the Rio Xingu in Brazil. It occurs in the big bend area of the river, downstream from...
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  • the resistance against the construction of hydroelectric dams on the Rio Xingu". It does not refer to the Tuira River, which, although not an area in...
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    Tapajós (redirect from Rio Tapajós)
    Dammis, and Ricardo Lemos Fróes. Description of Forest-Types on "Terra Firme" between the Rio Tapajós and the Rio Xingú in the Amazon Valley. 1956....
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    created to raise funds for the establishment of a huge national park in the Rio Xingu River region, in Para and Mato Grosso Brazilian states. Raoni's dream...
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  • described from the rapids of the Rio Xingu (hence "rheo" in its scientific name), and its range is known to extend into the Rio Iriri, the largest tributary...
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    America. It is found swimming in the Middle rio Xingu and rio Bacajá, upstream of Volta Grande do Xingu in Brazil. This species reaches a length of 4...
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    Guyana, Surinam and Brazil in the Orinoco, Rio Negro (Amazon) and its tributaries, Rio Tocantins, Rio Xingu and Rio Negro (Amazon). Hoplias curupire is found...
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    relatively small distributions, and C. melaniae is restricted to the lower Xingu River in an area that will be heavily affected by the Belo Monte Dam. Sport...
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    of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Tocantins and rio Xingu basins in central Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 6 (3): 395–402...
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    Tocantins-Araguaia river system, a study in 2012 expanded its range to include the Rio Xingu, as well. Specific biotope preferences are unknown, but it is mostly collected...
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    Development of the TDPS System". Water. 8 (4): 144. doi:10.3390/w8040144. Rio Xingu watershed map at Rivers Network. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from...
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    " In June 2012 a 'natural capital declaration' (NCD) was launched at the Rio+20 summit held in Brazil. An initiative of the global finance sector, it...
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  • is a species of characin endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Rio Xingu basin. Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular...
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  • The Xingu-Rio HVDC transmission line is a 2543.4 km long 800 kV high-voltage direct current transmission line in Brazil between the Xingu substation at...
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    Rio Xingu, Brazil...
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  • of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Xingu and upper Rio Tapajós, Amazon basin. This species reaches a length of 40.2 cm...
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  • The Xingu Indigenous Park (Parque Indígena do Xingu, pronounced [ʃiŋˈɡu]) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a national park...
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    south of the Amazon River between the Rio Tapajós and the state of Maranhão D. f. trumaii, the upper Rio Xingu in Brazil's Mato Grosso state The plain-brown...
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    found is between the Rio Tapajós (right bank) and its tributary, the Rio Teles Pires/Sao Manuel (right bank) and the Rio Xingu (left bank), south of...
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    and Porto de Moz on the Rio Xingu on 10 September. They spent 19 September through 30th in Santarém, arriving at Barra do Rio Negro on 22 October and...
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    the genus Leporinus Agassiz (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Curuá, rio Xingu basin, Serra do Cachimbo, Brazil, with comments on Leporinus reticulatus"...
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    Declaration recognizes the right, but is not a legally binding document. The 1992 Rio Declaration does not use the language of human rights, although it does state...
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    Climate Change, deforestation became a key issue addressed at the summit in Rio de Janeiro. Plans for the compensated reduction (CR) of greenhouse gas emissions...
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  • Portuguese). Retrieved 14 July 2019. "Notícias - NOTÍCIAS - O pajé belga do Rio Xingu". revistaepoca.globo.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016...
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    the Rio Xingu-Rio Tocantins interfluvium in Brazil's Pará state D. c. ridgwayi, Brazil south of the Amazon between the Rio Tapajós and Rio Xingu The Amazonian...
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    species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Xingu basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 8 (3): 655-659. Lima, Arthur De;...
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  • species-group from the rio Xingu basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with comments on Farlowella jauruensis, a poorly-known species from the upper rio Paraguai basin"...
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    species-group from the rio Xingu basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with comments on Farlowella jauruensis, a poorly-known species from the upper rio Paraguai basin...
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    Amazon River (redirect from Rio amazonas)
    Peru/Brazil 2,250 km (1,400 mi) – Rio Negro, Brazil/Venezuela/Colombia 1,992 km (1,238 mi) – Tapajós, Brazil 1,979 km (1,230 mi) – Xingu, Brazil 1,900 km (1,181 mi)...
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