Araguaia River, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 50 relations: Amazon biome, Aragarças, Araguacema, Araguaia Guerrilla War, Araguaia National Park, Araguaia River, Araguaian river dolphin, Arapaima, Aruanã, Bananal Island, Barra do Garças, Black caiman, Brazil, Cantão, Cantão State Park, Claro River (Araguaia River tributary), Conceição do Araguaia, Cuiabá, Deforestation, Emas National Park, Food and Agriculture Organization, Formoso River (Tocantins), Giant otter, Goiás, Guerrilla warfare, Henri Coudreau, Igapó, Javaés River, Karajá language, Left-wing politics, List of rivers of Goiás, Macaw, Mato Grosso, Military dictatorship in Brazil, Mineiros, Oxbow lake, Pará, Rio das Mortes, São Félix do Araguaia, São Geraldo do Araguaia, São João do Araguaia, South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor, Tapirapé River (Mato Grosso), Tocantins, Tocantins basin, Tocantins River, Tupi language, Vermelho River (Araguaia River tributary), Xambioá, Xingu–Tocantins–Araguaia moist forests.

Amazon biome

The Amazon biome (Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east.

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Aragarças

Aragarças is a municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil.

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Araguacema

Araguacema is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Tocantins.

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Araguaia Guerrilla War

The Araguaia guerrilla (Guerrilha do Araguaia) was an armed movement in Brazil against its military government, active between 1967 and 1974 in the Araguaia river basin.

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Araguaia National Park

The Araguaia National Park (Parque Nacional do Araguaia) is a national park located in Tocantins state in the north of Brazil, between 09º51’—11º11’S and 49º57’—50º27’W.

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Araguaia River

The Araguaia River (Rio Araguaia, Karajá: ♂ Berohokỹ, ♀ Bèrakuhukỹ) is one of the major rivers of Brazil, and a tributary of the Tocantins River. Araguaia River and Araguaia River are rivers of Goiás, rivers of Mato Grosso, rivers of Pará, rivers of Tocantins and tributaries of the Amazon River.

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Araguaian river dolphin

The Araguaian river dolphin or Araguaian boto (Inia araguaiaensis) is a South American river dolphin population native to the Araguaia–Tocantins basin of Brazil.

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Arapaima

The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche is any large species of bonytongue in the genus Arapaima native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.

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Aruanã

Aruanã is a municipality in north-western Goiás state, Brazil.

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Bananal Island

Bananal Island (Ilha do Bananal) is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil.

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Barra do Garças

Barra do Garças is a city with a population of 61,135 located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, around from the capital city of Cuiabá.

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Black caiman

The black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is a crocodilian reptile endemic to South America.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Cantão

Cantão is a tropical forest ecosystem located in the central Araguaia river basin, the southeastern edge of the Amazon biome, in the Brazilian state of Tocantins.

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Cantão State Park

The Cantão State Park (Parque Estadual do Cantão) is a state park in the state of Tocantins, Brazil.

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Claro River (Araguaia River tributary)

The Claro River is a river of Goiás state in central Brazil. Araguaia River and Claro River (Araguaia River tributary) are rivers of Goiás.

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Conceição do Araguaia

Conceição do Araguaia is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.

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Cuiabá

Cuiabá is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

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Deforestation

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.

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Emas National Park

The Emas National Park (Parque Nacional das Emas, literally meaning "Rhea National Park") is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the states of Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.

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Formoso River (Tocantins)

The Formoso River is a river of Tocantins state in central Brazil. Araguaia River and Formoso River (Tocantins) are rivers of Tocantins.

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Giant otter

The giant otter or giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal.

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Goiás

Goiás is a Brazilian state located in the Midwest region.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Henri Coudreau

Henri Anatole Coudreau (6 May 1859 Sonnac – 10 November 1899, State of Pará, Brazil) was a French professor of history and geography, explorer and geographer of French Guiana and the tributaries of the Amazon.

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Igapó

Igapó (from Old Tupi: "root forest") is a word used in Brazil for blackwater-flooded forests in the Amazon biome.

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Javaés River

The Javaés River (Rio Javaés or Braço Menor do Rio Araguaia, Javaé: ♂ Bero Biòwa, ♀ Bèraku Bikòwa) is a river of Tocantins state in central Brazil. Araguaia River and Javaés River are rivers of Tocantins.

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Karajá language

Karajá, also known as Iny rybè, is spoken by the Karajá people in some thirty villages in central Brazil.

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.

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List of rivers of Goiás

List of rivers in Goiás (Brazilian State). Araguaia River and List of rivers of Goiás are rivers of Goiás.

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Macaw

Macaws are a group of New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful, in the tribe Arini.

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Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso (–) is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region.

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Military dictatorship in Brazil

The military dictatorship in Brazil (ditadura militar), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, against president João Goulart.

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Mineiros

Mineiros, population 70,081, is a municipality in the southwest of the state of Goiás, Brazil.

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Oxbow lake

An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water.

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Pará

Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River.

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Rio das Mortes

The Rio das Mortes ("River of the Dead") is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. Araguaia River and rio das Mortes are rivers of Mato Grosso.

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São Félix do Araguaia

São Félix do Araguaia is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.

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São Geraldo do Araguaia

São Geraldo do Araguaia is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.

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São João do Araguaia

São João do Araguaia is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.

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South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor

The South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor (Corredor Ecológico dos Ecótonos Sul-Amazônicos) is a proposed ecological corridor connecting conservation units and indigenous territories that form an ecotone, or transition between the south of the Amazon rainforest and the north of the cerrado of Brazil.

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Tapirapé River (Mato Grosso)

The Tapirapé River is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. Araguaia River and Tapirapé River (Mato Grosso) are rivers of Mato Grosso.

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Tocantins

Tocantins is one of the 26 states of Brazil.

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Tocantins basin

The Tocantins basin, or Araguaia-Tocantins basin, is a Brazilian river basin, almost entirely located between the 2ºS and 18ºS parallels and the 46ºW and 56ºW meridians.

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Tocantins River

The Tocantins River (Rio Tocantins, Parkatêjê: Pyti) is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country. Araguaia River and Tocantins River are rivers of Goiás, rivers of Pará and rivers of Tocantins.

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Tupi language

Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil.

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Vermelho River (Araguaia River tributary)

The Vermelho River is a river of Goiás state in central Brazil. Araguaia River and Vermelho River (Araguaia River tributary) are rivers of Goiás.

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Xambioá

The Xambioá, also called the Karajá do Norte, Ixybiowa, or Iraru Mahãndu, are an indigenous people who live in Tocantins, Brazil.

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Xingu–Tocantins–Araguaia moist forests

The Xingu–Tocantins–Araguaia moist forests (NT0180) is an ecoregion in the eastern Amazon basin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araguaia_River

Also known as Araguay, Araguaya, Araguaya river, Araguaía, Araguia, Rio Araguaia, River Araguaia.