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	Rio Negro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rio Negro (Portuguese: Rio Negro, Spanish: Río Negro), the largest left tributary of the Amazon and the largest flwater river in the world, has its sources along the watershed between the Orinoco and the Amazon basins, and also connects with the Orinoco by way of the Casiquiare canal.
		Its main affluent is Vaupés, which disputes with the headwaters of the Guaviare branch of the Orinoco the drainage of the eastern slope of the Andes of Colombia.
		Rio Negro is navigable for 450 miles above its mouth for 4 feet of water in the dry season, but it has many sandbanks and minor difficulties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rio_Negro (252 words)

	Río Negro Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the May Revolution there was a first attempt to relegate the aboriginals of the area, but it was not until the Conquest of the Desert commanded by General Julio Argentino Roca that the local inhabitants were reduced and the constant danger of their attacks eliminated.
		The main water source at the arid plains that cover most of the province is the Río Negro River, in whose valley most of the settlements and farms are located.
		The over 600 km of the Rio Negro's valley are divided in Alto Valle (West), Valle Medio (center) and Valle Inferior (East).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rio_Negro_Province (1107 words)

	RIO NEGRO - LoveToKnow Article on RIO NEGRO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		That part of it lying between the Colorado and Negro rivers has much of the formation and characteristics of the sterile pampas, but with irrigation the greater part of it can be utilized for agriculture and grazing.
		South of the Negro the country is arid, barren and lies in great shingle-covered terraces sloping eastward to the Atlantic; its larger part is practically uninhabitable, only the river valleys and the foot-hills of the Andes having a regular water supply.
		The rivers of the territory are the Colorado, which forms a part of its northern boundary, and the Negro, formed by the confluence of the Limay (which forms part of the western boundary) and Neuquen on the boundary between Rio Negro territory and the territory of Neuquen.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RI/RIO_NEGRO.htm (334 words)

	Rio Negro province
		Río Negro province is a varied region from the Atlantic to the Andes.
		In the east, beautiful and extended beaches cover the coast, in the north the fertile Río Negro Valley produces the best apples in the world and in the middle of the province the desert spreads out, while in the west is plente of forests and lakes.
		This system uses the Negro river to water by channels the fruits plants that cover the Río Negro Valley, being this one the main economic region of the province.
	www.argentour.com /RioNegro.htm (340 words)

	On the Rio Negro, by Alfred Russel Wallace
		On the Rio Negro, by Alfred Russel Wallace
		The cataracts of the Rio Negro extend in length about 20 miles, and are a series of rapids, where the river flows among islands and vast masses of granite rock, forming falls, eddies, and whirlpools, which greatly obstruct navigation.
		The map which I have constructed of the Rio Negro and the Uaupés is from observations made during two ascents and descents of those rivers in the years 1850, 1851, and 1852.
	www.wku.edu /~smithch/wallace/S011.htm (2239 words)

	Campaign Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A week later the Rio Negro community suffered another blow when the written record of the agreement with INDE and all the titles to its land were stolen.
		One PAC was created near Rio Negro in Xococ, with the aggressive name of "Combative Village of Xococ." The Xococ patrol became an instrument of terror in the government's campaign to break the spirit of Rio Negro.
		On February 13, 1982, villagers from Rio Negro were told to bring their identification cards to Xococ and return a week later to get new cards.
	www.advocacynet.org /cpage_view/rionegro_massacres_15_10.html (331 words)

	Chixoy Dam Reparations Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The village of Rio Negro was located on the bank of the Chixoy River (also known as the Rio Negro, or Black River), in the Department of Baja Verapaz.
		In 1999, it succeeded in pressuring the Guatemalan authorities to purchase a new farm for the Rio Negro villagers at Sahomax, in the Alta Vista highlands.
		Rio Negro is far from being the only community to suffer from violence, but it is one of the most prominent, thanks to the advocacy of Adivima, the survivors' organization, and their international nongovernmental allies.
	www.nisgua.org /gnib/Chixoy.html (3439 words)

	Rio Negro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		To compensate the inhabitants of this valley, a small colony, given the name of Pacux, was built for a small portion of the Chixoy valley population on the outskirts of Rabinal.
		Negro and buried in Rabinal on the 24 of April.
		Furthermore, the community of Río Negro, which consisted of only four families when the exhumation began in June of this year, now consists of more than 19 families, who have reoccupied their abandoned lands.
	garnet.acns.fsu.edu /~sss4407/RioNeg.htm (820 words)

	Rights Action > Articles > Dedication of the Rio Negro Monument
		It was the second Monument to Truth constructed by the survivors of the Rio Negro massacre as a testimony to the atrocities committed by the Guatemalan army and civil defense patrollers against their family members on March 13, 1982.
		The lives of 18 children were spared at the Rio Negro massacre site when the civil defense patrollers, the very men who murdered their parents, brothers and sisters, took the 18 back to Xococ to live in their homes for two years after the massacre.
		Though the Rio Negro survivors were the first to break the silence in Rabinal and to demand an exhumation, they are hardly the only community to have experienced massacres, replete with mass rapes and torture.
	www.rightsaction.org /articles/Archive_O04/0395.htm (1586 words)

	RIO NEGRO, Formation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The name Río Negro Conglomerate was applied by H. Hedberg to the clastic deposits of variable thickness which initiate the Lower Cretaceous sedimentation in the Sierra de Perijá, Zulia (Hedberg, 1931, p.
		The Río Negro formation, representing the initial clastics of the Lower Cretaceous in a very variable thickness, is thus known te underlie the Apón formation in the Sierra de Perijá and in the Maracaibo Basin.
		The "probable Barremian" age of the overlying basal Apón formation on Río Negro, or the late Aptian age of the lowermost Apón formation on Río Cachirí and Toas Island is hypothetical and may not be used as proof of a different age of the Río Negro formation here and there.
	www.pdvsa.com /lexico/1edic/r27ii.htm (727 words)

	CPD: South America, Site SA6, Upper Rio Negro Region, Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela
		Although the Upper Rio Negro is noted for its mosaic of unique Amazon caatinga forest and Amazon caatinga shrubland on sandy soils (Anderson 1981), most of this low-lying area is an ecological transition between extensive submontane rain forest (tropical moist forest) and fl-water flood forest (Daly and Prance 1989).
		The importance of the Upper Rio Negro for plant diversity is not in the many endemics occurring on the white-sand vegetation, but that the region of which the Upper Rio Negro is the core, is the repository of the very old forest elements of the vegetation of the Guayana Shield.
		The forests of the Upper Rio Negro regulate the hydrology of the Rio Negro Basin.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa6.htm (2895 words)

	Campaign Page
		One of the communities affected, also called Rio Negro, suffered a series of murderous attacks in 1982, just as the dam was being built.
		Those inhabitants of Rio Negro who survived hid in the mountains, and were eventually resettled in a shanty town named Pacux on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Rabinal.
		As a result, when Carlos Chen Osorio, a leader of the Rio Negro community, visited Washington in April 2000 on the occasion of the spring meeting of the World Bank, he received a rapturous reception at rallies held to criticize the Bank's policies.
	advocacynet.autoupdate.com /cpage_view/rionegro_guatemala01_15_7.html (544 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rio Negro
		The white population is small, and confined to the few villages along the banks of the Rio Negro.
		As early as 1658 a Jesuit Father, Francisco Gonsales, established a mission among the natives of the Upper Rio Negro, and traces of the work of the Jesuit missionaries still exist in the scattered villages.
		The Franciscans labored among the Indians from 1870 and had seven stations on the Rio Uaupés (Tariana Indians), four on the Rio Tikié (Toccana Indians), and one on the Rio Papuri (Macu Indians), but on the fall of the empire most of the missions were abandoned, though some of them were re-established later.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13062a.htm (161 words)

	Argentina wine regions: Rio Negro Province
		The high valley of Río Negro meets ideal weather conditions for the production of wines that will be the basis for sparkling wines made mainly from the Semillón grape.
		In this way, the high valley of Río Negro acquired the category of specific terroir, and the grapes grown there were recognized as having the single qualities granted by the geographic location of such region.
		Nowadays, the winery is managed by engineer Guillermo Barzi Canale, who together with a highly qualified team, the support of assistants of international prestige and under the protection of the great master Raúl de la Mota, form a group that harmonizes efforts in order to obtain the best viticulture of the cold areas.
	www.welcomeargentina.com /vino/rionegro_i.html (977 words)

	Urgent Appeal - Support for Rio Negro Massacre Trial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rio Negro Massacre Trial: On March 13, 1982, civil defense patrollers, under the command of soldiers from the Guatemalan Army, massacred 107 Maya-Achi children and 70 women outside the rural village of Rio Negro, in Rabinal, Department of Baja Verapaz.
		Since the exhumation and particularly since a petition for amnesty on behalf of the detained patrollers was denied, former soldiers, military commissioners and civil defense patrollers have threatened, assaulted and otherwise intimidated the survivors and witnesses who filed the exhumation and criminal proceedings in early 1993.
		It has come to my attention that the witnesses in the Rio Negro massacre trial, scheduled to begin November 9, 1998, have been receiving threats to the lives of their families and themselves should they testify in the upcoming trial.
	www.fhrg.org /rionegro.htm (1838 words)

	Rio Negro Lodge Peacock Bass Fishing in the Brazil Amazon
		The lodge is located 60 river miles upriver from Barcelos on the southern bank of the famous Rio Negro River.
		The fully air-conditioned lodge, built with native woods, slate floors and a thatched roof, is surrounded by windows overlooking the Rio Negro and the Brazilian Rain Forest.
		Located on paths winding through the lush rain forest grounds of the Rio Negro Lodge, the cabins feature air conditioning, queen-sized beds, private baths with hot water, walk-in showers, a sitting area and a covered porch.
	www.wheretofish.com /rio1.html (205 words)

	:: RIO NEGRO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		That was the starting point of Rio Negro’s Quality System, which focus not only on meeting the customers’ requirements, but also (and mainly) on a preventive work to anticipate troubles and difficulties in the production process.
		Rio Negro’s Quality System operates through specialized teams that relate to each other by exchanging opinions and making joint decisions.
		Rio Negro occupies a leadership position and provides superior quality in its field of activity.
	eng.rionegro.ind.br /qualidade (294 words)

	Features: Beneath the Rio Negro - November/December 2000 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club
		The people of Rio Negro did not want to move, but INDE made it clear that the military government was giving the orders.
		But the residents of Rio Negro felt they had nothing to hide, and kept pushing until they received promises of decent relocation.
		The massacre at Rio Negro was only one tragic affair that took place during a 36-year conflict in which 200,000 died, mostly unarmed civilians.
	www.sierraclub.org /sierra/200011/refugee2.asp (1398 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Rio Negro
		Río Negro (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil), river in South America, a major tributary of the Amazon River.
		The Río Negro rises as the Guainía River in...
		San Carlos de Bariloche, city in western Argentina, in Río Negro Province, a resort center on the southern shore of Lake Nahuel Huapí.
	encarta.msn.com /Rio_Negro.html (119 words)

	AllRefer.com - Negro, RIo, river, Uruguay and Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean Islands (Latin American And Caribbean ...
		Negro, RIo, river, Uruguay and Brazil, Latin American And Caribbean Physical Geography
		Negro, RIo, principal river of Uruguay, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in S Brazil and flowing SW across central Uruguay to the Uruguay River.
		On the river is Embalse del RIo Negro (c.4,000 sq mi/10,360 sq km), the largest artificial lake in South America.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NegroRUru.html (244 words)

	Rio Negro
		The early morning Amazon air is thick with moisture and the waters in the huge archipelago of the Rio Negro are usually still.
		On my most recent trip to the luxurious Rio Negro Lodge on the banks of the waterway, it was mid-day when I found my "trip maker." I was fishing one of the small lagoons about 45 minutes south of the lodge with friend Steve Tagami, a tackle rep, and guide Alcindo.
		The Rio Negro Lodge, completed in 1998, lies on the southern bank of the river about 60 miles west north west of Barcelos, the "tropical fish capital of the world".
	www.larsenoutdoors.com /html/rio_negro.html (2110 words)

	ipedia.com: Negro River Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Negro River, the great northern tributary of the Amazon River, has its sources along the watershed between the Orinoco and the Amazon basins, and also connects with the Orinoco by way of the Casiq...
		The Negro (Spanish: fl) River, the great northern tributary of the Amazon River, has its sources along the watershed between the Orinoco and the Amazon basins, and also connects with the Orinoco by way of the Casiquiare canal.
		Its main affluent is the Uaupes, which disputes with the headwaters of the Guaviari branch of the Orinoco the drainage of the eastern slope of the "Oriental", Andes of Colombia.
	www.ipedia.com /negro_river.html (261 words)

	Rio Negro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Rio Negro is a much older river than the Amazon River which is muddy looking with an enormous load of silt which comes all the way from the Andes.
		These two rivers are known as the white (Amazon) and fl (Rio Negro) rivers and where they meet (the Rio Negro is the largest subsidiary of the Amazon river) there is a clearly defined line where the two waters meet.
		The Rio Negro is so wide in places we felt as though we were at sea.
	www.goals.com /thayer/amazon/Azjnl2.htm (474 words)

	The Ecotravel Center: Fazenda Rio Negro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Fazenda Rio Negro demonstrates the potential of ecotourism as an alternative to unsustainable economic practices in the Pantanal region.
		Fazenda Rio Negro is located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 150 miles from Campo Grande, the capital, and 75 miles from the city of Aquidauana.
		The Fazenda Rio Negro also hosts capacity-building courses offered by CI for the local community in order to develop skills necessary for ecotourism and other sustainable economic practices such as honey production.
	www.ecotour.org /destinations/fazenda.htm (576 words)

	Rio Negro -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is crossed (northwest to southeast) by the Negro River.
		The Negro flows southwestward into Uruguay, where it is dammed near Paso de los Toros to create the Rincón del Bonete Reservoir (also called the Gabriel Terra Reservoir, or the Rio Negro Reservoir), the largest artificial lake in South America (4,000 square miles [10,360 square km]).
		Argues that "The negro has neither moral conception nor religion, yet he is an emotional religion of the loudest type and dies like a martyr.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9063749?tocId=9063749&query=lake (1058 words)

	Negro River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Negro River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Negro is navigable for 450 miles above its mouth for 4 feet of water in the dry season, but it has many sandbanks and minor difficulties.
		There is another river called Río Negro in (A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America) Argentina.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/negro_river.htm (171 words)

	Ecoturismolatino.com / Parks & Protected Areas Guide / Brazil / Fazenda Rio Negro
		The Fazenda (cattle ranch) Rio Negro, located on the shores of the Negro river, in the heart of the Pantanal, is one of the most traditional of the region.
		Here a series of different activities are combined with the typical ranch tasks, together with the pleasure of relaxing while listening to the sounds of nature.
		The Fazenda Rio Negro, located in State of Mato Grosso do Sul is located 240 kilometers away from the capital, Campo Grande and 120 kilometers from the city of Aquidauana.
	www.ecoturismolatino.com /eng/ecotravellers/guide/countries/brazil/operators/efazensarionegro.htm (588 words)

	"The Rio Negro Massacres" by Jesus Tecu Osorio :: Jennifer Harbury & Human Rights in Guatemala :: Support ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Rio Negro Massacres includes reproductions of extraordinary original drawings done by the author, depicting various memories and events of the repression of the past.
		He is a survivor of, and eye-witness to the March 13, 1982, massacre of 177 women and children in the village of Rio Negro.
		Above all, the words in The Rio Negro Massacres are active, strung together in service of an on-going battle to bring to light one of the 20th century’s darkest and most shameful periods.
	www.eecs.umich.edu /~pavr/harbury/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=16&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (1554 words)

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