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	Tocantins (state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tocantins is one of the states of Brazil.
		Tocantins forms the boundary between the Amazon Rainforest and the coastal savanna.
		The federal government, seeking to broaden Tocantins' economic horizons by funding the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the state, allowed a private company to construct a sizable five-turbine hydroelectric dam, blocking the Tocantins river and displacing some indigenous inhabitants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tocantins_State (515 words)

	Encyclopedia: Amazon River
		The IÃ§Ã¡ or Putumayo River is one of the tributaries of the Amazon river, west of and parallel to the Yapura.
		The Jurua River is the next great southern affluent of the Amazon River west of the Purus, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristics of the Purus as regards curvature, sluggishness and general features of the low, half-flooded forest country...
		Rivers of Peru Supporters contend that the Eleventh Edition of the EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica (1911) represents the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century; indeed, it was advertised as such.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Amazon-River (6489 words)

	Amazon River - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The width of the mouth of the monarch river is usually measured from Cabo do Norte[?] to Punto Patijoca[?], a distance of 207 statute miles; but this includes the ocean outlet, 40 miles wide, of the Para river, which should be deducted, as this stream is only the lower reach of the Tocantins.
		Under such conditions of warfare between the ocean and the river, it is not surprising that the former is rapidly eating away the coast and that the vast volume of silt carried by the Amazon finds it impossible to build up a delta.
		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.
	openproxy.ath.cx /am/Amazon_River.html (2498 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tocantins (state)
		Palmas may refer to: Palmas, the capital of the state of Tocantins in Brazil Palmas a centenary small city in the south of the state of Paraná in Brazil.
		A river in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon is a rainforest in South America.
		Other meanings: ParanÃ¡, Argentina, ParanÃ¡ River ParanÃ¡ is one of the states of Brazil, located in the southern part of the country, bordering Paraguay and Argentina.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tocantins-%28state%29 (2010 words)

	Brazilian Hydrography
		Especially, the river Parnaíba is formally the border of the states of Piauí and Maranhão, for all its length of 970 km, from its sources in the mountain of Tabatinga until the Atlantic ocean.
		Platina Basin, or Basin of the rivers Paraná and Uruguay.
		The Platina basin, or basin of the rivers of the Prata, is constituted by the sub-basins of the rivers Paraná, Paraguay and Uruguay, draining areas of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.
	www.brcactaceae.org /hydrography.html (1360 words)

	Tocantins River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The flat broad valleys composed of sand clay of both the Tocantins and its branch are overlooked by steep bluffs.
		Around the estuary of the Tocantins the great plateau disappeared to give place to a part the forest-covered half submerged alluvial plain which far to the north-east and west.
		The River generally called one of the mouths the Amazon is only the lower reach the Tocantins.
	www.freeglossary.com /Tocantins_(river) (844 words)

	Tocantins River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Tocantins is a (A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)) river, the central fluvial artery of (The largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter) Brazil.
		Through these, the river carves its channel, broken into (A large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice) cataracts and rapids, or cachoeiras, as they are called throughout Brazil.
		They are the margins of the great (A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)) sandstone plateaus, from 1000 to 2000 foot elevation above sea-level, through which the rivers have eroded their deep beds.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/To/Tocantins_River.htm (395 words)

	The Hydrographi Region of The Amazon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Tocantins River rises in the Goiás Planalto (tableland), at about 1000m altitude, and is formed by the Almas and Maranhão rivers.
		The total length of the Tocantins River is 1,960 km, with its mouth being located at the Baía de Marajó bay, into which the Pará and Guamá rivers also flow.
		This corresponds to the section of the Tocantins River, from its headwaters to the confluence with the Araguaia River.
	www.ana.gov.br /ingles/Portais/folder/tocantins/03-Availability_Use.html (1076 words)

	Tocantins River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Portuguese Rio Tocantins river that rises in several headstreams, including the Paranã and Maranhão rivers, on the central plateau in Goiás state, Brazil.
		A part of the sparsely settled Central-West region, Tocantins is bounded by the states of Maranhão and Piauí to the northeast, Bahia to the east, Goiás to the south, Mato Grosso to the west, and Pará to the northwest.
		Tocantins was created from the northern half of Goiás (q.v.) state in 1989.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9072710?tocId=9072710&query=araguaia (856 words)

	Tocantins, state, Brazil
		Created in 1988 from the northern half of Goiás state, Tocantins is in the Brazilian Highlands and is drained by the Araguaia and Tocantins rivers.
		Tocantins, river, Brazil - Tocantins river, 1,640 mi (2,639 km) long, formed in S central Goiás state, Brazil, by the...
		Amazon, river, Peru and Brazil: Course - Course Geologically, the Amazon basin is a sediment-filled structural depression between...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0848938.html (151 words)

	Effects of large-scale changes in land cover on the discharge of the Tocantins River, Amazonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Effects of large-scale change in land cover on the discharge of the Tocantins River, Amazonia.
		Studies that relate changes in land cover with changes in river discharge at the small scale (< 1 km2) are abundant.
		Here we analyse a 50-year long time series of discharge of a tropical river, the Tocantins River at Porto Nacional (175,360 km2), as well as precipitation over this drainage area, during a period where substantial changes in land cover occurred in the basin (1949-1998).
	www.sage.wisc.edu /pubs/abstracts/costaJhydrology.html (302 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests (NT0180)
		The Xingu and Tocantins Rivers are major tributaries to the mighty Amazon.
		The environment is heterogeneous with an undulating terrain and numerous smaller rivers that dissect the interfluve.
		These rivers include the Pacajá and Anapu which drain directly into the Amazon River, the Bacajá and Fresco that feed the Xingu, and the Parauapebas and Catete that feed the Tocantins River.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0180_full.html (1379 words)

	Brazilian Peacock Action
		The Uatuma River, a tributary of the mighty Amazon and Rio Negro rivers in the Manaus region, is now one of the hotbeds of peacock activity in Brazil.
		Bananal Island is the largest river island in the world formed by the surrounding waters of the east and west branches of the Araguaia River.
		However, it is still possible to reach the upper river lakes, ponds and waterways in the fishing boats by traveling from an hour and a half to two hours even late in the season.
	www.finefishing.com /1freshfish/aawhereto/centralsouthamerica/peabass.htm (1946 words)

	CHAPTER IV - THE TOCANTINS AND CAMETA
		When the banks are washed away by currents, trees of all species fall into the river; but the heavier ones, which are the most numerous, sink, and the lighter, such as the cedar, alone float down to the sea.
		The bed of the river, here about a mile wide, is strewn with blocks of various sizes, which lie in the most irregular manner, and between them rush currents of more or less rapidity.
		The Aldeia road runs parallel to the river, the land from the border of the road to the indented shore of the Tocantins forming a long slope which was also richly wooded; this slope was threaded by numerous shady paths, and abounded in beautiful insects and birds.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Amazons/00000016.htm (12957 words)

	WCD To Study Brazil's Tucurui Dam and Amazon/Tocantins River Basin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		WCD To Study Brazil's Tucurui Dam and Amazon/Tocantins River Basin
		This is one of up to 10 case studies of dams in major river basins around the world to be undertaken by the Commission in preparation of its June 2000 final report.
		The fabled waters of the 6,771-kilometer-long river and the forests surrounding it hold unfathomable riches.
	www.dams.org /news_events/press296.htm (1103 words)

	Amazonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		of the principal river systems of the eastern Amazon is currently suspended due to lack of environmental studies, but the government says it plans to complete these studies in the coming months.
		The construction of the hidrovia will have serious impacts, such as: pollution of the rivers, destruction of the natural habitat of fish and turtles, prostitution of our women, the drying out of rivers (Javaé, Tapirapé) and lakes, and invasions of our reserves.
		For this reason, we want the resources destined for this project to be applied in works which guarantee more jobs, in the improvement of already-existing roads (BR-158 and BR-242), in the conclusion of the North-South and Ferronorte railroads, in improving education and health care, in reforestation of degraded areas, in agricultural projects, and in ecotourism.
	www.amazonia.net /Articles/308.htm (888 words)

	06/09/01 -- Brazil's Tocantins state readies for transformation
		Supporters consider him the "creator" of Tocantins and its capital for his role in championing the establishment of the new state.
		Outside the palace's wall-to-wall windows are neat three-and four-lane highways that connect the city and split it into blocs of the same size organized according to the activities that take place there, including commercial, banking and government zones.
		That vision could be turbocharged with the lake and the causeway and bridge to be built across it, joining Palmas to the richer southwest of the state.
	forests.org /archive/brazil/tocstrea.htm (1049 words)

	Global Ed: Brazil activ 12b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Brubure tossed his first gourd into the river and it turned into a woman, too, but she was ugly.
		When they were born in the river, all the people immediately climbed from the water and went to the houses that had been prepared for them.
		The people were terrified, but Mebapame told them that the flood had a good purpose and that all of the children of the river had to spread over the earth and learn to speak different languages.
	cspace.unb.ca /nbco/globaled/brazil/act12a.html (468 words)

	Serebella Contents Tocantins River---Tolerance (in logic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Occassionally rivers overflow their banks and cause a flood.
		A submarine river or current is a river which flows under the surface of an ocean.
		It uses material from the Wiktionary page "Tocantins".
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/contains-436985-437469-Tocantins_River-Tolerance_(in_logic).html (362 words)

	Search Results for Tocantins - Encyclopædia Britannica
		A part of the sparsely settled Central-West region, Tocantins is bounded by the states of Maranhão and Piauí to the northeast, Bahia to the east,...
		river that rises in several headstreams, including the Paranã and Maranhão rivers, on the central plateau in Goiás state, Brazil.
		The island is formed by the Araguaia River, which for 200 miles (320 km) divides into major (western) and minor (eastern) branches, with Bananal...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Tocantins&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (349 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Tocantins/Pindare moist forests (NT0170)
		In the state of Pará, the region extends west to the Tocantins River and south to the Mearim River in Maranhão State.
		A number of rivers run through the region including the Gurupi, Capim, and Guamá which feed into the mouth of the Amazon and are influenced by the daily tides that push Amazon water upstream.
		This interfluvial ecoregion is bound on the east and across the southwest by the Tocantins River (the Tucurui Reservoir is not considered for historic coverage) and by the Pindare River and São Marcos Gulf in the east.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0170_full.html (1087 words)

	Palmas Tocantins The center of Brasil and a center for entrepreneurs and ecotourists
		Tocantins certainly has many breathtaking attractions to excite the most adventurous tourists.
		Tocantins has a very hard working government, considering that the state has only 1 million inhabitants and has started many large futuristic projects, all at the same time, to prepare the capital, Palmas, for a population of 2 million inhabitants.
		Foreign investments are encouraged, because this generates the principal key in the velocity of economic research and developments.
	home.planet.nl /~rolfpoll (766 words)

	Bico do Papagaio
		The innumerous beaches are considered the most beautiful of Tocantins, because of the white and fine sand crossed by canals of transparant water.
		A city deeply penetrated into the woods, Itaguatins shows the Tocantins river's passage where the water discharge and watercourse are more intense.
		Situated on the left margin of the Tocantins River, it had its population started in 1818.
	home.planet.nl /~rolfpoll/bico.htm (3044 words)

	Brazil Transportation Sector
		A fleet of barges transport the soybeans down the Madeira River and they are transferred to ocean going vessels of up to 80,000 tons at Itacoatiara.
		However, a 200 kilometer segment in the northern area to Maraba on the Araguaia River remains unpaved.
		Theoretically it would be possible to build locks around the Itaipu Dam and ship soybeans further down river to Argentina and Uruguay, but Brazil may choose to transfer soybeans to rail near Foz do Iguacu and ship them across the state of Parana to the port of Paranagua on the Atlantic Ocean for export.
	www.fas.usda.gov /pecad2/highlights/2001/08/BR_Transport/BR_TRANS.htm (1731 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests (NT0170)
		The Tocantins River carves the forest’s western edge, while the Mearim River marks the border to the south.
		With the arrival of the wet season, however, an intricate web of streams and rivers weaves through these forests, sculpting the landscape as waterways swell and flood across the flat land.
		Along the water’s edge of a nearby river, a tricolored heron sits poised to strike a small mosquito fish, while in a nearby palm tree a yellow-crowned night heron rests with its head tucked in the shade of its wing.
	nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/nt/nt0170.html (617 words)

	Native American Indian Cultures - the Xerente or Sherente Indians
		The Sherente live in northern Goias state, on a hilly upland plateau that is broken up by strips of forest that trace the courses of the rivers flowing through the region.
		The Sherente and the closely related Shavante at one time lived as neighbors along the Tocantins River in Goias state; the earliest travelers through the area failed to distinguish the two groups, ethnically or linguistically.
		By the 1840s, however, newcomers settling along the Tocantins River had pushed the Sherente and Shavante away from the river; the Sherente moved northeast, to their present home between the Tocantins River and the Sono River.
	www.indian-cultures.com /Cultures/xerente.html (265 words)

	LBA Regional Boundary for the Amazon and Tocantins River Basins, 5-min
		This map does not show the basin borders, so it was assumed that the border would be in the middle point between nearby rivers that run into and out of the basin.
		The final version was obtained together with the river directions data set, to match the drainage areas of fluviometric stations, provided by ANEEL, the Brazilian Agency for Waters and Electrical Energy.
		LBA Regional Boundary for the Amazon and Tocantins River Basins, 5-min.
	www-eosdis.ornl.gov /LBA/guides/lba_basin_costa.html (297 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tocantins, river, Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean Islands (Latin American And Caribbean Physical ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Tocantins, river, Brazil, Latin American And Caribbean Physical Geography
		Tocantins river, 1,640 mi (2,639 km) long, formed in S central GoiAs state, Brazil, by the confluence of two headstreams.
		It flows N to the ParA River, the southern distributary of the Amazon, SW of BelEm.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/TocantinR.html (195 words)

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