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In the novel Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, the Xingu River is the location of the doomed Whittlesey/Maxwell expedition responsible for discovering evidence of the lost Kothoga tribe and their savage god Mbwun.
Xingu River, river in Mato Grosso and Pará states, Brazil. The river rises on the Planalto (plateau) do Mato Grosso, in the drainage basin framed by the Serra do Roncador and the Serra Formosa mountain ranges.
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Xingu River. The Xingu River flows from the cerrado (tropical savanna) of central Mato Grosso, Brazil northward to the Amazon for 1,979 km (1,230 miles). Its basin covers an area of 531,000 km². Some 14,000 indigenous people, from nine distinct ethnic groups, live along the Xingu.
Jul 16, 2007 · The Xingu River flows from the tropical savanna of central Mato Grosso, Brazil northward to the Amazon for 1,979 km (1,230 miles). Some 25,000 indigenous people from 18 distinct ethnic groups live along the Xingu.
May 2, 2022 · The Xingu River is revered as the “house of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential to their culture...
Nov 1, 2021 · But a recent decision by the Federal Regional Court in the state of Pará, Brazil, allows the continuing diversion of water from the Xingu River to the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam complex ...
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Xingu River, a large southern tributary of the Amazon in north-central Brazil; it rises in Mato Grosso, flows north into Pará, then enters the Amazon west of the island of Marajó. The Xingu's total length approaches 1,230 miles, but it is navigable only for the lower 96 miles.
