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	Madeira River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		According to the treaty of San Ildefonso (1800), the Madeira begins at the confluence of the Guapore with the Mamore.
		The junction of the great river Beni with the Madeira is at the Madeira Fall, a vast and grand display of reefs, whirlpools and boiling torrents.
		Between Guajara-Mirim and this fall, inclusive, the Madeira receives the drainage of the northeastern slopes of the Andes, from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Cuzco, the whole of the south-western slope of Brazilian Mato Grosso and the northern one of the Chiquitos sierras, an area about equal to that of France and Spain.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/m/ma/madeira_river.html (228 words)

	Amazon River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main river (which is usually between one and six miles wide) is navigable for large ocean steamers to Manaus, almost 800 miles upriver from the mouth.
		Along with the Orinoco, the river is one of the main habitats of the Boto, also known as the Amazon River Dolphin.
		The first ascent by a European of the river was made in 1638 by Pedro Teixeira, a Portuguese, who reversed the route of Orellana and reached Quito by way of the Napo River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amazon_River (3000 words)

	AMAZON - LoveToKnow Article on AMAZON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Grande is a river of enormous length, rising in a great valley of the Andes between the important cities of Sucre and Cocha-bamba, and having its upper waters in close touch with those of the Pilcomayo branch of the river Paraguay.
		Commander Todd reports that the average depth of the river in the height of the rainy season is 120 ft. It commences to rise in November, and increases in volume until June, and then falls until the end of October.
		The Amazon is not so much a river as it is a gigantic reservoir, extending from the sea to the base of the Andes, and, in the wet season, varying in width from 5 to 400 m.
	12.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AM/AMAZON.htm (7264 words)

	Madeira river - Wikipedia
		Between Guajara-Merim and this fall, inclusive, the Madeira receives the drainage of the northeastern slopes of the Andes, from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Cuzco, the whole of the south-western slope of Brazilian Matto (irosso and the northern one of the Chiquitos sierras, an area about equal to that of France and Spain.
		The Grande is a river of enormous length, rising in a great valley of the Andes between the important cities of Sucre and Cochabamba, and having its upper waters in close touch with those of the Pilcomayo branch of the river Paraguay.
		The extreme source of the Beni is the little river La Paz, which rises in the inter-Andean region, a few miles south-east of Lake Titicaca, and flows as a rivulet through the Bolivian city of La Paz.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madeira_river (889 words)

	Rivers of Life: Peter Lourie - Gold Miners
		Tamborete, the "city of rafts," the largest of the Rondonian garimpos on the Madeira River.
		The river had risen suddenly in the night with the rains that fell last week upriver in Bolivia.
		It is difficult to describe the blast of sunlight on the Madeira River at midday.
	cgee.hamline.edu /rivers/Resources/Voices/lourie3.htm (910 words)

	Madeira - TheBestLinks.com - Atlantic Ocean, Amazon river, Europe, Florida, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Madeira is the main island of Madeira islands in the Atlantic Ocean, an autonomous region of Portugal and a popular holiday destination from Europe.
		The Madeira river is one of the tributaries of the Amazon river in South America.
		Madeira is a city in Hamilton County in the State of Ohio in the United States.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Madeira.html (235 words)

	What Is Madeira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Funchal, the "capital" of Madeira Island, is on the south coast of the principal island, in 32° 37' 45'' N lat.
		Madeira is the largest island of the group with 741 km ², has a length of 30 geographical miles (57 km), an extreme breadth of 13 miles (22 km), and a coastline of 80 or 90 miles.
		Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands of Portugal, which is prized equally for drinking and cooking; the later use including the dessert plum in madeira.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/205/what-is-madeira.html (1237 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Madeira Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Madeira Islands, archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, located 1,100 km (700 mi) southwest of Portugal, an autonomous region of that country.
		In 1974 a revolution in Portugal led to freedom for the residents of the Madeira Islands, an autonomous region of Portugal.
		Under the constitution, the Azores and the Madeira Islands are autonomous regions of Portugal.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Madeira_Islands.html (111 words)

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		The water and salt balances of the main sub-basins and the entire basin of the upper Madeira River are established for the interannual period 1968/1970 to 1982.
		At the confluence of the Beni and Mamoré; Rivers, the Madeira River drains a basin of 850,000 km
		The evaluation of 1220 mm, made for the rainy oriental basins of the Mamoré; River, increases the global value of evapotranspiration in the Bolivian andean part of the upper the Madeira River basin, where it is estimated at 800 mm.
	www.unesco.org.uy /phi/libros/manaos/6.html (3298 words)

	river dolphins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		River dolphins, despite being more primitive than other dolphins, are still very "smart" and have a brain/body ratio that is very close to that of bottlenose dolphins.
		Also, the dolphins of the upper Madeira river in west Brazil are a little different from those in the remainder of the Amazon river basin and may also be a separate sub-species.
		Ganges River dolphins' stomachs contain 4 compartments: the fore stomach, the main stomach (which is further divided into anterior and posterior portions), the connecting channel, and the pyloric stomach.
	delphinus.fortworks.com /riverdolphins.htm (3365 words)

	Chapter 6. MIGRATORY FISHES OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON: Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo
		Large rivers are characteristic of the Amazon Basin, but they owe their flow and chemical load to a dense network of streams and small rivers.
		Rivers with high sediment load and high alkalinity, such as classes 3 and 4 in Table 1, have higher concentrations of nitrogen and soluble reactive phosphorus than rivers that drain the tertiary and siliceous sediments (fl and clear water or classes 1 and 2).
		The pattern described in the Guaporé River, a tributary of the Madeira River, is similar.
	www.idrc.ca /es/ev-58882-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html (6859 words)

	MINISTÉRIO DOS TRANSPORTES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		river in western Brazil, formed by the junction of the Mamoré and Beni rivers on the Brazilian-Bolivian border.
		The Madeira flows north along the border and then northeast for approximately 3220 km (approximately 2000 mi) to the Amazon River, of which it is the chief tributary.
		Adapted embarkations crosses the river which become the efficiency of the transport to the roadways and increases the risk of accidents with the ships.
	www.transportes.gov.br /bit/hidro/EGriomade.htm (198 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Madeira Islands Madeira Islandsmedēr´e, -dâr´e, archipelago (1991 pop.
		Madeira, the largest island (35 mi/56 km long and 13 mi/21 km wide), and Porto Santo are inhabited.
		Madeira Madeiramedā´re, river, c.2,100 mi (3,380 km) long, formed by the junction of the Beni and Mamoré; rivers on the Bolivia-Brazil border.
	encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=+Madeira&Search.x=0&Search.y=0 (481 words)

	Madeira River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Madeira River is a major waterway in (A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama) South America.
		It joins the (A major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)) Amazon River 1400 km (870 miles) by river above (An estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows) Pará, and almost rivals it in the volume of its waters.
		The junction of the great river (Click link for more info and facts about Beni) Beni with the Madeira is at the Madeira Fall, a vast and grand display of reefs, whirlpools and boiling torrents.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/madeira_river.htm (249 words)

	Proyectos y desarrollo en las Hidrovías del norte de Brasil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Madeira and Tapajós Waterways, of the Center-North Corridor;
		The Madeira River undertaking as a part of the "Avança Brasil" program arose from the importance of the already existing fluvial navigation in the region.
		The Madeira River is navigable under natural conditions in a stretch of 1056 km of extension between Porto Velho port and the Amazon River.
	www.userway.com /usa/Waterways/hidrobrasil.htm (4237 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Madeira-Tapajós moist forests (NT0135)
		This ecoregion is bound on three sides by large rivers, the Solimões (Amazon) to the north, Madeira to the west, and Tapajós to the east, which act as formidable barrier to the distributions of many species.
		In the southeastern region the river boundary changes to a habitat boundary, and is delineated by a distinct change in vegetation and species assemblages along the Mato Grosso tropical dry forests.
		The rivers which bind this river also have isolated it and many species are restricted here, many of which are endemic.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0135_full.html (1449 words)

	Madeira, river, Bolivia and Brazil. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		), river, c.2,100 mi (3,380 km) long, formed by the junction of the Beni and Mamoré; rivers on the Bolivia-Brazil border.
		At its mouth is Ilha Tupinambaranas, an extensive marshy region formed by the Madeira’s distributaries.
		The river receives numerous tributaries from the southeast and is navigable by ocean vessels to the falls and rapids near Pôrto Velho, Brazil.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MadeirR.html (164 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Madeira (river) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Madeira (river), western Brazil, formed by the junction of the Mamoré and Beni rivers on the Brazil-Bolivia border.
		Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), prince of Portugal, noted as the patron of navigation and exploration, born in Porto.
		Mamoré, river, northern Bolivia, main headstream of the Madeira River, formed by the junction of a number of streams rising in the Cordillera de...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Madeira_(river).html (101 words)

	Madeira River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is formed by the junction of the Mamoré; and Beni rivers at Villa Bella, Bolivia, and flows northward forming the border between Bolivia and Brazil for approximately 60 miles (100 km).
		It is joined by the Madre de Dios River at Riberalta and flows on to its junction with the Mamoré; River at Villa Bella, on the Brazilian...
		The port city of Belém is on the deep water of the Pará; River, an estuary marking the south side of Marajó, which is fed chiefly by the...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9049882 (904 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Monte Alegre varzea (NT0141)
		This ecoregion in Brazil comprises portions of the low, seasonally inundated river basins of the central and lower Amazon, much of the length of the Madeira River Basin, and the mouth of the Purus River where it joins the Solimões (Amazon), as well as several smaller tributaries to these.
		The Amazon, Purus, and Madeira Rivers are designated whitewater rivers because they carry a great deal of suspended organic and inorganic sediment from the Andes and have an ochre color.
		Three are on floodplain meanders, all resulting from the instability of the river courses: (1) sequences of successional vegetation, (2) forest mosaics, and (3) aquatic vegetation in poorly drained areas.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0141_full.html (1702 words)

	Madeira (river)
		River of northwest Brazil; length 3,250 km/2,020 mi.
		It is the longest tributary of the Amazon, and is formed by the rivers Beni and Mamoré;.
		It flows northeast through the state of Amazonas to join the Amazon east of the city of Manaus.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0023864.html (142 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Madeira (river Brazil)
		Madeira (river, Brazil), river in western Brazil, formed by the junction of the Mamoré and Beni rivers on the Brazilian-Bolivian border.
		Brazil has a dense and complex system of rivers.
		The most impressive river system is that of the Amazon and its tributaries, ranked the largest in...
	encarta.msn.com /Madeira_(river_Brazil).html (177 words)

	AllRefer.com - Madeira, river, Bolivia and Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean Islands (Latin American And Caribbean ...
		Madeira, river, Bolivia and Brazil, Latin American And Caribbean Physical Geography
		Madeira[mudA´ru] Pronunciation Key, river, c.2,100 mi (3,380 km) long, formed by the junction of the Beni and MamorE rivers on the Bolivia-Brazil border.
		The river receives numerous tributaries from the southeast and is navigable by ocean vessels to the falls and rapids near POrto Velho, Brazil.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MadeirR.html (263 words)

	Broadmining: Boto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Botos generally feed from the bottom of the river and their preferred diet consists of crabs and small fish.
		By the precarious standards of the river dolphins, the boto is the most secure species in the superfamily.
		Ganges and Indus River Dolphin, the area populated by the boto seems to have remained fairly steady over time.
	lowide.com /Boto (574 words)

	Purus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Purus, is a river in South America.
		It enters the Amazon River west of the Madeira River, which it parallels as far south as the falls of the latter stream.
		Occasionally a cliff touches the river, but in general the lands are subject to yearly inundations throughout its course, the river rising at times above 50 feet (15 m), the numerous lakes to the right and left serving as reservoirs.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Purus.htm (404 words)

	Portuguese Version
		Roosevelt emerged from the jungle a sick and shaken man. His son narrowly escaped drowning in the rapids of the River of Doubt (later renamed Rio Roosevelt), and the ailing former president had to be carried for weeks through the jungle until the expedition reached the Madeira River.
		Before the telegraph line was opened, officials of the state of Mato Grosso had to travel a distance equivalent to nearly half the circumference of the earth to reach the state’s northern rubber-producing region along the Madeira River, a branch of the Amazon 800 miles away, from which Mate Grosso obtained much of her revenues.
		The principal rivers along the route had to be forded by ferries until the U.S. Agency for International Development provided funds for bridge construction in the late 1960s.
	www.normangall.com /brazil_art10_2.htm (5606 words)

	Encyclopedia: Madeira river (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The MamorÃ©; is a large river in Bolivia, which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon.
		It can refer to: The Madre de Dios region of Peru The Madre de Dios River, also in Peru This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists...
		Binomial name Inia geoffrensis Boto range The Boto, or Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) is a freshwater or river dolphin.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Madeira-river (728 words)

	Spirit of Life Community Church - October 2000 Amazon Mission
		This trip, we are sowing seeds along the banks of the Madeira for a great future harvest.
		Our sights are set on the Madeira River, the major transportation corridor in central Brazil, stretching from the heart of the Amazon Rain Forest all the way to Bolivia and Peru.
		Just beyond the banks of the rivers we traveled are vast unexplored regions of dense Rain Forest which still protect indigenous Indian tribes and some of the greatest undiscovered secrets of God’s wonderful creation.
	www.mylinuxisp.com /~rlvince/html/oct2000.html (6099 words)

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