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Madeira River

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Madeira River

River, western Brazil. A major tributary of the Amazon River, it is formed by the junction of the Mamoré and Beni rivers in Bolivia and flows north along the border between Bolivia and Brazil. It meanders northeast in Brazil to join the Amazon east of Manaus. Measured from the upper reaches of the Mamoré, it is 2,082 mi (3,352 km) long.
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Researchers have dubbed the monkey 'Mura's saddleback tamarin', named after the Mura Indians, the ethnic group of Amerindians of the Purus and Madeira river basins where the monkey occurs.
New monkey discovered in remote region in Brazil by Asian News International
The tribunal lamented also "the apparent lack of concern of the Brazilian government in paying attention" to environmental concerns over dam projects on the Madeira River in the Amazon forests.
'Water tribunal' condemns Turkish dam projects by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Tension between Brazil's need for economic growth and the effects of environmental destruction is nowhere more visible than at the heart of the Madeira River, where a dispute over a proposed $11 billion hydroelectric dam has set off a fight within the Brazilian government.
Drowning the river by Earth Island Journal
 
 
 
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