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Xingu River |
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Xingu RiverRiver, central and northern Brazil. Formed by several headstreams, it flows north through northeastern Mato Grosso state and central Pará state into the Amazon River near its mouth. Though approximately 1,300 mi (2,100 km) long, it is navigable for only about 125 mi (200 km) upstream from where it joins the Amazon; its central part is a series of rapids 400 mi (644 km) long. In the 1950s Xingu National Park was designated as a preserve for Brazil's Indians, including the Tchikao, who were threatened by extinction. |
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| 6 billion hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River, called Belo Monte. In 1954, an outbreak of measles hit the Indians who lived along the southern reaches of the Xingu river, in the interior of Brazil. The property, which comprises approximately 15,100 hectares, is located in the Amazon basin of Brazil approximately 460 kilometres southwest of the city of Belem, on the Xingu river. |
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