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São Francisco River
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São Francisco River

River, eastern Brazil. The largest river wholly within Brazil, it flows north and east across the great Central Plateau for about 1,811 mi (2,914 km) to its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. The upper river valley is an area of thorny forest vegetation; the climate of the river basin is dry and hot. The fish of the river are an important food source. Hydroelectric dams harness the river and provide power throughout northeastern Brazil.
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The springs of the Sao Francisco River are located, in the state of Minas Gerais, as well as other important rivers, like Sambura, Santo Antonio, Rio do Peixe, and Rio Grande, which drains in the Parana River.
Brazil: sugar cane plantations devastate vital Cerrado region by Mendonca, Maria Luisa / Pacific Ecologist
Cappio conducted a hunger strike last year to protest the rerouting of the Sao Francisco River to allow more hydropower stations and to supply water for industrial farming, shrimp production, and steel plants in Bahia.
Good news by Clarke, Kevin / U.S. Catholic
Spix macaws have always lived in the environs near Curaca, a backlands town of 6,000 inhabitants located along the south bank of the Sao Francisco River.
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