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Juruena, Arapiuns. • right. Teles Pires, Cururu, Das Tropas, Crepori, Jamanxim. The Tapajós ( Portuguese: Rio Tapajós [ˈʁi.u tɐpɐˈʒɔs]) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately 2,080 km (1,290 mi) long. [2]
The Tapajós National Forest has an area of 549,066.87 hectares (1,356,773.8 acres). [1] It is in the municipalities of Belterra, Aveiro, Rurópolis and Placas in the state of Pará. [2] The unit is bounded by the Tapajós, the Cupari River, a tributary of the Tapajós, and the BR-163 Santarém–Cuiabá road. Part of the forest drains into the ...
About 3,000 [ 1] Fordlândia ( Portuguese pronunciation: [fɔʁdʒiˈlɐ̃dʒjɐ], Ford-land) is a district and adjacent area of 14,268 square kilometres (5,509 sq mi) in the city of Aveiro, in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is located on the east banks of the Tapajós river roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of the city of Santarém .
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. [3] [19] [n 2]
1726 — Francisco Xavier de Moraes, ascending the Rio Negro, discovers the Casiquiare canal to the Orinoco. 1736 — Charles Marie de La Condamine sends the first rubber sample to Europe from his expedition to the Amazon. 1750 — Treaty of Madrid fixes boundaries between the Iberian empires in South America. Portuguese possessions west of the ...
Patagonia ( Spanish pronunciation: [pataˈɣonja]) is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers in the west and deserts, tablelands, and steppes to the east.
The Juruena originates in the Parecis plateau. [5] Within Mato Grosso the river defines the eastern boundary of the 227,817 hectares (562,950 acres) Igarapés do Juruena State Park, created in 2002. [6] For the last 190 km (120 mi) of its lower part the river becomes the border between the states Mato Grosso and Amazonas. [5]
White-faced saki. The white-faced saki ( Pithecia pithecia ), called the Guianan saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of the New World saki monkey. They can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. This species lives in the understory and lower canopy of the forest, feeding mostly on fruits, nuts, seeds, and ...