• The Pororoca (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɔɾɔˈɾɔkɐ], [poɾoˈɾɔkɐ]) is a tidal bore, with waves up to 4 m (13 ft) high that travel as much as 800 km (500 mi)...
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  • Pororoca is a 2017 Romanian psychological thriller film directed by Constantin Popescu and starring Bogdan Dumitrache [ro] and Iulia Lumânare [ro]. It...
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    (in English) "Pororoca: surfing the Amazon" indicates that "The record that we could find for surfing the longest distance on the Pororoca was set by Picuruta...
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    island is known for its large water buffalo population, as well as the pororoca tidal bore periodically exhibited by high tides overcoming the usual complex...
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    The island is an excellent place to observe the tidal bore called the pororoca, where the Amazon river waters meet the incoming Atlantic tides and form...
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    into the Amazon delta. The resulting undular tidal bore is called the pororoca, with a leading wave that can be up to 7.6 m (25 ft) high and travel up...
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    "UNESCO description of the Bassin de la Dordogne". Tidal bores, Mascaret, Pororoca (1). Myths, Fables and Reality !!! Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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    discharge into the Baía de São José. Like the Amazon, the Mearim has a pororoca or tidal bore in its lower channel, which greatly interferes with navigation...
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    obstacles. Tidal bores are being surfed along coastal rivers such as the pororoca on the Amazon River or England's River Severn. Surfing the Severn bore...
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  • family drama Principles of Life (2010). Popescu's third feature film was Pororoca (2017), a psychological thriller for which he received the Gopo Award for...
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    commune. Chanson, Hubert (2011). Tidal Bores, Aegir, Eagre, Mascaret, Pororoca: Theory and Observations. World Scientific. p. 48. ISBN 978-9814335423...
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    Taylor, Scott (November 20, 2022). "How Elder Renlund tied rivers and 'pororoca' to the Belém Brazil Temple dedication". The Church News. The Church of...
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    considered tributaries of the Mearim. The lower Mearim is known for its pororoca, or tidal bore. The Mearim is approximately 800 kilometers long, flowing...
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  • previous states in time when it occasionally reverses course known as a "Pororoca" event. Meanwhile, QT and Meow teleport from the Aloha Oe to the planet...
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    including the Grajaú, Mearim, and Pindaré. The Mearim is known for its pororoca, or tidal bore. São Luís Island, also known as Maranhão Island, separates...
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    tributaries, the Acará, Capim and Moju rivers stand out. In the Guamá River, the pororoca phenomenon usually occurs. The main campus of the Federal University of...
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  • of skin" piroca (originally meaning "bald", now a slang term for penis) pororoca (a tidal phenomenon in the Amazon firth) literally: "confusion" siri (crab)...
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    Daily tides bring sea water up the "caños", causing the "macareo" or pororoca and reversing the flow direction of water, at least on surface. The predominant...
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    (October 25) - Operation Sparrow Operation Mucuripe (October 25) Operation Pororoca (November 4) - Operation Capela (November 5) - Operation Chapel Operation...
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  • cocks, hunting practices of lions, bats, Amazon river "Big Noise" (a.k.a. pororoca); Mojave desert Creosote bush and King Clone; CMI (computer musical instrument);...
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  • familiar rise and fall of tides, but also for monstrous tidal bores, like the Pororoca on the waters of the Amazon. Towards the end, he lays out photographs from...
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    8 November 2014. Surfers Village "Big-Wave Tow-in surfers on mile-long Pororoca wave" Archived 2013-08-31 at the Wayback Machine "Bailique: Why these islands...
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    Taylor, Scott (20 November 2022). "How Elder Renlund tied rivers and 'pororoca' to the Belém Brazil Temple dedication". The Church News. The Church of...
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  • the 2016 Mar del Plata International Film Festival Constantin Popescu Pororoca 2017 Won the Silver Seashell for Best Actor at the 2017 San Sebastián International...
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  • Certain Woman's Role" Transliteration: "Aruru on'na-yaku" (Japanese: 或る女 役) "Pororoca Riding the Waves" Transliteration: "Nami ni notte kuru pororokka" (Japanese:...
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  • dinosaur-like carving to activate a secret switch which releases the huge Pororoca tidal wave, into the cavern. While they are being swept underwater, they...
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    K. Betão Ronca Ferro (1971) as Betão O grande xerife (1972) as Inácio Pororoca Um caipira em Bariloche (1973) as Polidoro Portugal, minha saudade (1974)...
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    Inside Milada Mug One Day Paddington 2 Petra Pity Pomegranate Orchard Pororoca Scary Mother Shock Waves – Diary of My Mind Styx The Captain Giant The...
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  • Selvagem 1974 - Réveillon 1974 - Pippin 1975 - Os Executivos 1975 - Bye Bye Pororoca 1975 - Abajur Lilás 1976 - À Margem da Vida 1978 - Investigação na Classe...
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    Screenplay: Bai Xue for The Crossing Best Actor: Bogdan Dumitrache for Pororoca Best Actress: Jessie Buckley for Wild Rose Jury Prizes Jia Zhangke, director...
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