Rio Negro (Amazonas, Brazil)
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Name (Latin)
Rio Negro (Amazonas, Brazil)
Other forms of name
Negro River (Amazonas, Brazil)
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Rivers Brazil
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q118771
Library of congress:
sh 88000047
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Ferreira, A.R. Viagem filosófica ao Rio Negro, 1983.
- Lippincott(Negro, Rio, important tributary of the Amazon in N. Brazil; known as the Guainía from its source in Colombia to its junction with the Casiquiare on the Col./Venez. line; enters Brazil at Cucuí; flows generally SE through Amazonas)
- Web. geog.(Negro, Rio, river in NW South America; rises in E. Colombia where it is known as the Guainía; flows E. to the Venez. boundary then S. forming a section of the Colombia-Venezuela bound.; crosses into Brazil, continues S.E., and enters the Amazon R. at Manaus)
- Old catalog heading(Rio Negro, Brazil)
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Wikipedia description:
The Rio Negro (Spanish: Río Negro [ˈri.o ˈneɣɾo], Portuguese: Rio Negro [ˈʁi.u ˈneɡɾu], "Black River"), or Guainía as it is known in its upper part, is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin), the largest blackwater river in the world, and one of the world's ten largest rivers by average discharge. It originates in the tepuis of the department of Guainía, Colombia, and then flows southeastward before finally entering Brazil. Despite its high flow, the Rio Negro has a low sediment load (5.76 million tonnes per year on average in Manaus).
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