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    The Casiquiare river (Spanish pronunciation: [kasiˈkjaɾe]) is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South...
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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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    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...
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    from the point of view of renewable natural resources. The Rio or Brazo Casiquiare is unique in the world, as it is a natural derivation of the Orinoco that...
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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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  • The Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Venezuelan Amazon biome. The Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve...
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    The barred tinamou (Crypturellus casiquiare) is a type of tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forest in subtropical and tropical regions of northern...
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    the existence of the Casiquiare canal. He recruited the services of the Ye'kuana to help him on his way. The Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve was...
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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...
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    Acuna was crossing the black river and this way would have discovered the Casiquiare in 1639. In 1682 the Friar Ignacio Fiol establishes the locality of Atures...
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  • River drainage in Venezuela, including the tributaries Caura, Pamoni, Casiquiare, Manapiare, and Ventuari. Leporinus arimaspi can reach a standard length...
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  • Institute of Science and Medicine (1996), pp. 179-183 Report on Orinoco-Casiquiare-Negro Waterway: Venezuela-Colombia-Brazil, Volume 4, Washington, D.C.:...
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    has 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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    immigration 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...
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  • flat alluvial plain, which has very little relief. In modern times the Casiquiare canal, to the south of the Arch, reconnects the two headwater basins,...
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    found north of the Rio Negro, west of the Rio Marauiá and east of the Casiquiare canal. The Aracá uakari is currently known only from the Rio Curuduri...
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    Yurua, Ica, Caqueta, Branco, and the Rio Negro through the channel of Casiquiare to San Fernando de Atabapo in the Orinoco river, including its tributary:...
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    Brazil Purus - Peru, Brazil Rio Negro - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil Casiquiare Canal - a large natural canal in Venezuela connecting the Rio Negro with...
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    also found in the Atabapo River and Inirida River floodplain, down the Casiquiare and Guainía floodplain where the Rio Negro is born, before entering Brazilian...
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  • a river in the state of Amazonas, Venezuela. It is a tributary of the Casiquiare canal, in turn a tributary of the Rio Negro. The Pasimoni forms on the...
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    It 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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  • of headstanders native to South America, where found in the Orinoco, Casiquiare and Amazon Basin. Synaptolaemus are elongate in shape and overall black...
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    Amazon 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...
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  • catfish endemic to Venezuela where it occurs in the Orinoco, Negro and Casiquiare canal basins. This species grows to a length of 10.1 centimetres (4.0 in)...
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  • Trachycephalus venezolanus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
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    1988, p. 292. United States Army Corps of Engineers- Report on Orinoco-Casiquiare-Negro Waterway. Venezuela-Colombia-Brazil, July 1943, Vol. I, 1943, p...
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    splits into two; one-third of its flow passes through the Brazo Casiquiare (Casiquiare Channel) into a tributary of the Amazon, and the remainder passes...
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  • thought to possibly correspond with the Siapa River, a tributary of the Casiquiare in Venezuela. The species is typically found in rapids or flooded forest...
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    320 sq mi) located in the States of Roraima and Amazonas. The Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve was created in 1993 with the objective of preserving...
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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...
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