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    The Orinoco (Spanish pronunciation: [oɾiˈnoko]) is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km (1,330 mi). Its drainage basin, sometimes known...
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    (north), forming a unique link between the Orinoco and the Amazon river basin. Henceforth the river is called Rio Negro. The river now continues in a southeastern...
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    The Rio Orinoco spinetail, or Orinoco spinetail, (Synallaxis beverlyae) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird...
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    The Orinoco Basin is the part of South America drained by the Orinoco river and its tributaries. The Orinoco watershed covers an area of about 990000 km2...
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    upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon...
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  • Deep Space Nine Orinoco, a fictional character in the book series The Wombles Orinoco (1979 tanker), a tanker that was renamed Rio Orinoco in 1981 and caused...
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  • for the first time as a participant in Diego de Ordáz's entrada on the Rio Orinoco. He took part in this venture as an officer and treasurer (tesorero)...
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    known as the Orinoco plains extend westward from the Caribbean coast to the Colombian border between the northern mountains and the Rio Orinoco. This region...
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  • shipped from Puerto Ordaz, on the Orinoco River by two 90,000 DWT self-discharging shuttle vessels ('Rio Orinoco' and 'Rio Caroni') prior to being received...
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    P. scalare exists in the Rio Orinoco. They are of the same size and shape, the only difference being the stripes; the Orinoco P. scalare has thinner, but...
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    The Orinoco Delta is a vast river delta of the Orinoco River, located in eastern Venezuela. The Orinoco Delta is one of the eight natural regions of Venezuela...
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    Joasla, the vessel was sold in 1979 and renamed Orinoco, then again in 1981 to Rio Orinoco. As Rio Orinoco, the vessel went aground on Anticosti Island in...
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    Guaviare River (redirect from Río Guaviare)
    Guaviare is a tributary of the Orinoco in Colombia. It flows together with the upper Orinoco (until here also called Río Parágua), which it clearly surpasses...
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    The Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) is a critically endangered crocodile. Its population is very small, and they can only be found in the Orinoco...
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    Alcalá; Mónica Andrea, Morales Betancourt (2022). XXI. PECES DEL FONDO DEL RÍO ORINOCO Y AFLUENTES PRINCIPALES (COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA): diversidad y aspectos bioecológicos...
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    Apure River (redirect from Rio Apure)
    Orinoco-Apure: Tramo Ciudad Guayana- Guasdualito. Caracas: M.O.P., Dirección de Recursos Hidráulicos, Oficina de Planeamiento, Estudios Río Orinoco,...
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    altum angelfish, deep angelfish, or Orinoco angelfish, occurs strictly in the Orinoco River Basin and the Upper Rio Negro watershed in Southern Venezuela...
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  • is a species of tropical freshwater cichlid native to the upper Orinoco and upper Rio Negro basins in South America. It has historically been confused...
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  • in the conquest of Tenochtitlan. During the first exploration of the Rio Orinoco under the leadership of Diego de Ordáz, Herrera held the office of Maestre...
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    fish (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from the drainage of the upper rio Orinoco in Venezuela". Zoologische Abhandlungen. 56. Dresden: 91–97. Christopher...
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    (2015): Description of a new Heros species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Orinoco drainage and notes on Heros severus Heckel, 1840. Bulletin of Fish Biology...
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    Colombia are navigable. The Río Guaviare and the streams to its north flow eastward and drain into the basin of the Río Orinoco, a river that crosses into...
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    Pimelodidae that is native to Guyana and Brazil. It inhabits Rio Orinoco in Colombia and Venezuela, Rio Essequibo in Guyana, and the Amazon basin in Brazil, Peru...
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  • published El Orinoco ilustrado y defendido and Historia natural, civil y geográfica de las naciones situadas en las riveras del río Orinoco, two important...
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    género Apistogramma Regan, 1913 (Perciformes, Cichlidae) en la cuenca del río Orinoco. Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros Continentales de...
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    Churún River (redirect from Río Churun)
    The Churún River (Spanish: Río Churún) is a river in Venezuela, part of the Orinoco River basin. It is located in Canaima National Park and a tributary...
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  • Fijo. It connects Coro and Punto Fijo. It extends for 79 km. 7,100 km; Rio Orinoco (400 km) and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels extra heavy...
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    Cordillera de Mérida and in the drainage of the Río Orinoco, north and west of the Guiana Shield, east of the Orinoco Delta. Also on Isla Margarita, Trinidad...
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    the Orinoco peacock bass, tucunaré or tucunaré miri, is a very large species of cichlid. This peacock bass is native to the Rio Negro and Orinoco River...
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  • scops owl Rio Branco antbird Rio de Janeiro antbird Rio de Janeiro antwren Rio Madeira stipplethroat Rio Negro gnatcatcher Río Orinoco spinetail Rio Suno antwren...
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