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Glenn Rivers
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river profile
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Snake (river)
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Apurimac
Apurímac , river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in the Andes, S Peru. It flows generally northwest in a narrow valley. After joining the Mantaro River, the Apurímac becomes the Ene; after joining the Perené River, it becomes the Tambo. When it joins the Urubamba River, it... Read more |
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Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
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river continuum concept
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River blackfish
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Amazon (river)
Amazon Port. Amazonas , world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the Ucayali and the shorter Marañón . It flows across N Brazil before entering the Atlantic Ocean near Belém. The... Read more |
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Monongahela
Monongahela , river, 128 mi (206 km) long, formed at Fairmont, N W.Va., by the junction of the West Fork and Tygart rivers. It flows north, through a valley marked by a decline in heavy industry and coal mining, into SW Pennsylvania, where it joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River at... Read more |
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Grand River
Grand River 1 River, 260 mi (418 km) long, rising in S Mich. and flowing N to Lansing, then NW to Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. It is the longest river in the state and is navigable to the city of Grand Rapids, which grew there because of the availability of waterpower. 2 River, rising in SW... Read more |
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An anthropogenic meander cutoff along the Ucayali River, Peruvian...
...of one of the largest rivers in the Amazon Basin, the Ucayali River of Peru. [FIGURE 1...dissertation along the Central Ucayali River, near the city...and the Ucayali River has a very low gradient...have ... |
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A SOURCE OF CONTROVERSY.(source of Amazon River)
...source of the Amazon River. His stream was...Maranon, and the Ucayali Rivers quite well. But...1600s, the Maranon River was thought to be...discovered that the Ucayali River is longer...the mouth of the ... |
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Movement Patterns and Site Fidelity of River Dolphins (Inia geoffrensis and...
...part of a long-term study of river dolphin ecology, photo-identification...is bounded by the Marañón and Ucayali Rivers, which are the parent rivers of the Amazon River. Major tributaries of these rivers are, respectively, ... |
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Six people drowned in Peruvian jungle river
...drowned in Peruvian jungle river LIMA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua...night in a Peruvian jungle river, police said Tuesday. Forty...confluence of the Pachitea and Ucayali rivers, south of Pucallpa city...district, and was entering the river when it hit ... |
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Amazon river's level drops in Peru due to hurricanes and deforestation
Amazon river's level drops in Peru due to hurricanes...level of the world's second longest river, the 6,437-km-long Amazon, has...Amazon and the confluent Maranon and Ucayali rivers. Meanwhile, Peru's National Meteorological... |
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Study Data from American Museum of Natural History Update Knowledge of...
...rainforest region between the Yavari and Ucayali rivers in northeastern Peru. Our study...that are present in the Yavari-Ucayali interfluve, and because some species...occur between the Yavari and the Ucayali. Matses knowledge about primate... |
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Drug production creates an ecological nightmare. (pesticides used to...
...chemicals put in the rivers by coca growers...their way to the Amazon River. "Coca leaves have...ago, the Huallaga and Ucayali rivers and their tributaries...small ones. The small rivers are dead." While the...last 30 years in the ... |
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Peruvian Amazon drops to lowest level since 1960s
...telephone that the river stood at 106.09...confluent Maranon and Ucayali rivers, Lazo said.The Napo River from Ecuador and the Putumayo River from Colombia, which...Iquitos route on the Ucayali and Amazon ... |
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Reports Outline Silicic Acid Study Results from University of Toulouse.(Report)
...basins of the Amazon River at high spatial and...Napo, Maranon, Ucayali, Madre de Dios-Beni and Mamore Rivers)." "The aim of...that the Maranon and Ucayali Rivers control the Amazon...the Upper Amazon River (Andes + ... |
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...upper reaches of the Amazon River System on its way to the drill site located on the Ucayali River. The drilling rig...Huaya Anticline area in the Ucayali Basin of eastern Peru and...Huaya Anticline area in the Ucayali Basin of eastern ... |
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