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Colatina

(Encyclopedia)Colatina ko͝olətēˈnä [key], city, Espiritu Santo state, E central Brazil, on the Doce River. ...

Putumayo

(Encyclopedia)Putumayo ēsäˈ [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, rising in the Andes, S Colombia, and flowing SE to the Amazon in NW Brazil. Mostly navigable, it marks part of Colombia's boundary with Ecuad...

Içá

(Encyclopedia)Içá, river, Brazil: see Putumayo. ...

Pôrto Alegre

(Encyclopedia)Pôrto Alegre pōrˈto͝o əlĕˈgrə [key], city (1991 pop. 1,263,403), capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil, on the Guaíba River. One of the chief industrial and commercial centers of Braz...

Purus

(Encyclopedia)Purus po͞oro͞ozˈ [key], river, c.2,100 mi (3,380 km) long, rising in the Andes Mts., E Peru. It flows generally northeast in a meandering course, across Acre and Amazonas states, NW Brazil, to the ...

Rosas, Juan Manuel de

(Encyclopedia)Rosas, Juan Manuel de hwän mänwĕlˈ dā rôˈsäs [key], 1793–1877, Argentine dictator, governor of Buenos Aires prov. (1829–32, 1835–52). As a boy he served under Jacques de Liniers against ...

Little River Canyon National Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Little River Canyon National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Middle Delaware National Scenic River

(Encyclopedia)Middle Delaware National Scenic River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)River Raisin National Battlefield Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...