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Orinoco
Orinoco , river of Venezuela, estimated to be from 1,500 to 1,700 mi (2,410-2,735 km) long. Rising near Mt. Delgado Chalbaud in the Guiana Highlands, S Venezuela, the Orinoco flows in a wide arc through tropical rain forests and savannas (llanos), forming part of the Venezuela-Colombia border, and e... Read more
Ciudad Bolívar
Ciudad Bolívar , city (1990 pop. 225,340), capital of Bolívar state, E Venezuela, an inland port on the Orinoco River. It is the commercial center of the eastern llanos, the Orinoco basin, and the Guiana Highlands . Wood products and leather are produced, and hides, cattle, and gold a... Read more
llanos
llanos , Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. The llanos of the Orinoco are a vast, hot region of rolling savanna broken by low-lying mesas, scrub forest, and scattered palms. Elevation above sea level neve... Read more
Sierra Nevada de Mérida
Sierra Nevada de Mérida , mountain range, NW Venezuela, a spur of the Andes extending c.200 mi (320 km) NE from the Colombian border to the Caribbean coastal range. From 30 to 50 mi (48-80 km) wide, it rises between the Orinoco llanos and Maracaibo lowlands to perpetually snowcapped peaks. Pi... Read more
Spanish Main
Spanish Main mainland of Spanish America, particularly the coast of South America from the isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco River. Spanish treasure fleets, sailing home from the New World, passed through the Caribbean N of the Main and were attacked by English buccaneers raiding from t... Read more
Valencia
Valencia , city (1990 pop. 903,621), capital of Carabobo state, N Venezuela. It is Venezuela's fourth largest city and one of its major industrial centers. Products include motor vehicles, chemicals, textiles, cattle feed, and consumer goods. Lying in a leading agricultural region, the city is a mar... Read more
Brazil nut
Brazil nut common name for the Lecythidaceae, a family of tropical trees. It includes the anchovy pear ( Grias cauliflora ), a West Indian species with edible fruit used for pickles, and several lumber trees of South America, e.g., the cannon-ball tree ( Couroupita guianensis ), some species of Ba... Read more
crocodile
crocodile large, carnivorous reptile of the order Crocodilia, found in tropical and subtropical regions. Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water. They have flattened bodies and tails, short legs, and powerful jaws. The eyes, ears, and nostrils are located nea... Read more
Lope de Aguirre
Lope de Aguirre , c.1510-1561, Spanish rebel and adventurer in colonial South America. He was often involved in violence and sedition before joining (1560) the expedition of Pedro de Ursúa down the Marañón and the Amazon. He was one of the men who overthrew and killed Ursú... Read more
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh , 1554?-1618, English soldier, explorer, courtier, and man of letters. Early Life As a youth Raleigh served (1569) as a volunteer in the Huguenot army in France. In 1572 he was listed as an undergraduate at Oxford, where he may have studied before going to France, and hi... Read more

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Orinoco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Orinoco , river of Venezuela, estimated to be...the Guiana Highlands, S Venezuela, the Orinoco flows in a wide arc through tropical rain...Apure River is its chief tributary. The Orinoco is joined to the Amazon system by the Casiquiare...
Piaroa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...on the right bank of the R í o Orinoco within the geographical coordinates of...lower Rio Ventuari in the south, the Orinoco in the west, and the Rio Manapiari in...Mataveni and Zama rivers; south, up the Orinoco as far as the evangelical mission station...
Venezuela
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the coastal lowlands, the basin of the Orinoco River, and the Guiana Highlands. An...largely unexplored wilderness south of the Orinoco, the Guiana Highlands occupy more than...thousands of indigenous inhabitants. The Orinoco, one of the great rivers of South America...
Warao
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...inhabit the labyrinthine arms of the Orinoco Delta of northeastern Venezuela and adjacent...Warao"). Location. Politically, the Orinoco Delta forms part of the Venezuelan Federal...northern tip of the vast lands between the Orinoco and Amazon rivers, called in colonial...
Saliva
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...lived along the middle reaches of the Orinoco. Little is known about their history...expansion of Jesuit missions along the Orinoco in the late seventeenth century. The...territory. A new wave of epidemics hit the Orinoco area in the 1750s, which, more than...
Yekuana
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Guiana highlands north of the upper Orinoco in Venezuela. Their territory is crossed by five major tributaries of the Orinoco — the Cunucunuma, Iguapo...the Guiana colonies and on the lower Orinoco. The Yekuana prefer to locate their...
crocodile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...in length. The Nile, American, and Orinoco crocodiles are commonly 12 ft (3.7...attack humans without provocation. The Orinoco crocodile ( C. intermedius ) is a freshwater species of the Orinoco basin of Colombia and Venezuela. Two...
El Dorado
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...x2014; the jungle basin between the Orinoco and Amazon rivers. Meanwhile, another...Caroni River that branched off from the Orinoco at San Thome. His group headed deeper...his party spent weeks sailing along the Orinoco River, but found nothing but a massive...
Baniwa-Curripaco-Wakuenai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...xED; rida, Casiquiare, and middle Orinoco rivers. Demography. In 1985 the Wakuenai...speakers occupied the upper Rio Negro/upper Orinoco Valley, where they encountered forest...trade penetrated the upper Rio Negro/Orinoco, resulting in the intensification of...
Cariña
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...near the mouth of the R í o Orinoco. In Anzo á tegui, they live...missions and native populations of the lower Orinoco region. Today, the Venezuelan Cari...Lesser Antilles, and large parts of the Orinoco Basin. Metal tools and firearms were...

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Raleigh, Sir Walter
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...settle Virginia (1584–89) and a journey up the Orinoco River in search of gold (1595); from his travels he brought...conspiracy, but released in 1616 to lead a second expedition up the Orinoco in search of the fabled land of El Dorado. He returned empty...
Venezuela
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...At the eastern end of the coast is the swampy delta of the Orinoco River. Inland are the Llanos and the maritime Andes. The...nearly 2750 m (9000 feet), being cut by the valleys of the Orinoco's tributaries and containing the Angel Falls, the highest...
Ralegh, Sir Walter
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...court, Ralegh's waned. In 1595 he led an expedition to the Orinoco in search of gold and in 1596 took part in the attack on Cadiz...Tower. Not until 1617 could he obtain release to lead a second Orinoco expedition, which proved a disaster. He brought back no gold...
Enya
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...since 1990: Shepherd Moons (1991) Hit songs since 1990: "Orinoco Flow," "Book of Days," "Anywhere Is" Enya was raised...Watermark, which became a huge success. The first single, "Orinoco Flow," which is mainly sung in Gaelic, soared to number...
El Dorado
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...formerly believed to exist somewhere in the region of the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers; the name is first recorded in English in...and Sir Walter Raleigh to lead his second expedition up the Orinoco, appears to have originated in rumours of an Indian ruler...
Spanish Main, the
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Spanish Main, the 1. the former name for the northwest coast of South America between the Orinoco River and Panama. 2. the area of the northwest coast of South America, the Caribbean Sea, and the West Indies, where Spanish...
llanos
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology llanos The savannah grasslands of the Orinoco basin of Venezuela. Some authorities have suggested that the paucity of trees is owing to the impermeable subsoil of the region...
Humboldt, FriedrichHeinrichAlexander, Freiherr von
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology ...They embarked in 1799 and spent five years in the South American tropics, exploring the drainage basins of the Amazon and Orinoco, investigating the properties of guano, measuring the temperature of the ocean current that bears Humboldt's name, and...
Stenidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...tropical and warm-temperate oceans. Sotalia (the tucuxi) occurs around the coast of S. America and in the rivers Amazon and Orinoco. Sousa (the white or hump-backed dolphin) occurs in coastal waters around Africa and southern Asia. Many authorities...
Platanistoidea
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...found in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers of India, and there are two species; Inia inhabits the Amazon and upper Orinoco rivers of S. America; Pontoporia is found in the estuary of the La Plata river, and along the south-east coast of S...

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Orinoco output growth likely to stall.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 1/18/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...control of the profitable extra heavy crude Orinoco projects will likely delay a projected...industry analysts. Current operators in the Orinoco river belt will probably scale back new...will likely delay output growth from the Orinoco region. Plans for state-owned oil company...
Lucent Technologies Orinoco(TM) Access Server Networks Enable Secure, Broadband Wireless Internet Access for Public Area 'Hotspots' and Enterprises.
PR Newswire; 4/7/2000; 700+ words ; ...Technologies (NYSE: LU) is announcing the ORINOCO(TM) AS-1000 Access Server for secure, broadband wireless IP network access. ORINOCO Access Server networks, based on research...and businesses. By simply inserting an ORINOCO PC Card into their laptop, clicking onto...
Agere Systems ORiNOCO USB Client Device for Wireless Networks Achieves Industry First With Both USB and Wi-Fi Certifications.
Business Wire; 6/21/2001; 700+ words ; ...AGR.A), today announced that the ORiNOCO(TM) USB (Universal Serial Bus) Client...certification and the USB logo to the ORiNOCO product ensuring that it has passed comprehensive...According to USB-IF, this makes the ORiNOCO USB Client the first Wi-Fi compliant...
Lucent Technologies ORiNOCO(TM) Enhances Indoor and Outdoor Wireless Networking for the Enterprise.
PR Newswire; 9/5/2000; 700+ words ; ...outdoor, enterprise wireless networks. The ORiNOCO systems enable mobile professionals to...Ethernet network performance levels. ORiNOCO is now available with 10/100 Mbit...wireless World PC card radio used in the ORiNOCO AP-1000 also works in the ORiNOCO home...
Lucent Technologies announces ORiNOCO wireless networking and Internet access solution for homes and small offices.
M2 Presswire; 8/24/2000; 700+ words ; ...Technologies: Lucent Technologies announces ORiNOCO wireless networking and Internet access...today announced the availability of the ORiNOCO Home/SOHO solution, a set of products...settings. Additionally, Lucent's entire ORiNOCO suite of products is now available for...
Lucent Technologies Announces ORiNOCO(TM) Wireless Networking and Internet Access Solution for Homes and Small Offices.
PR Newswire; 8/23/2000; 700+ words ; ...today announced the availability of the ORiNOCO Home/SOHO solution, a set of products...settings. Additionally, Lucent's entire ORiNOCO suite of products is now available for...1000) that act as base stations and ORiNOCO World PC Cards, certified for use worldwide...
Las mil cara del Orinoco. (Río Orinoco en Venezuela)(TT: The Orinoco's one thousand faces) (TA: Orinoco River in Venezuela)
Magazine article from: Américas (Spanish Edition); 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Arturo Uslar Pietri describi una vez al Orinoco "como un fenmeno mgico, como pulmn y corazn que...instituciones venezolanas y francesas para tratar el tema del Orinoco. El reino Orinoco, muestra sin precedentes de carcter multidisciplinario...
Sprint selects Lucent Technologies' ORiNOCO system to offer high-speed wireless networking within Phoenix homes, apartment complexes and small businesses.
M2 Presswire; 9/19/2000; 700+ words ; ...Sprint selects Lucent Technologies' ORiNOCO system to offer high-speed wireless...Sprint (NYSE: FON) has selected its ORiNOCO system to offer high-speed wireless...million residents of Phoenix, Arizona. The ORiNOCO system enables high-speed Internet access...
Agere Systems powers up ORiNOCO wireless networking system with added features and tools.
M2 Presswire; 3/26/2001; 700+ words ; ...Technologies: Agere Systems powers up ORiNOCO wireless networking system with added...new features and capabilities for the ORiNOCO wireless networking system. These will...available as a free software download on the ORiNOCO Web site at http://www.orinocowireless...
Agere Systems Powers Up ORiNOCO Wireless Networking System With Added Features and Tools.
PR Newswire; 3/26/2001; 700+ words ; ...new features and capabilities for the ORiNOCO wireless networking system. These will...available as a free software download on the ORiNOCO Web site at http://www.orinocowireless...looking to add new functionality to our ORiNOCO wireless networking systems," said Jan...