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Rio Grande , city (1991 pop. 172,422), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil, on the Rio Grande River at the outlet of the Lagoa dos Patos (a tidal lagoon) to the Atlantic Ocean. It is an important outport for the city of Pôrto Alegre on the northern end of the lagoon. Rio Grande has oil refineries and factories producing foodstuffs, leather, and tires. The city was founded in 1737.

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Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte) River in North America. It rises in the San Juan mountains of sw Colorado, USA, and flows s through New Mexico. It forms the border between Texas and Mexico, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico just e of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico. One of North America's longest rivers, it is unnavigable and is used for irrigation and hydroelectricity. Length: c.3035km (1885mi).

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Rio Grande, The. Work by C. Lambert for ch., orch., and solo pf., comp. 1927, f.p. BBC broadcast 1928; in public, Manchester 1929. Setting of poem by Sacheverell Sitwell.

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