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The Xingu River (/ ʃiːŋˈɡuː / sheeng-GOO; Portuguese: Rio Xingu, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃĩˈɡu]; Mẽbêngôkre: Byti, [bɯˈti][5]: 73 ) is a 1,640 km (1,020 mi) [1] river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, [6] accounting for about 5% of its water. [7]
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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The Xingu River (/ ʃiːŋˈɡuː / sheeng-GOO; Portuguese: Rio Xingu, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃĩˈɡu]; Mẽbêngôkre: Byti, [bɯˈti]: 73 ) is a 1,640 km (1,020 mi) river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water.
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.
Indigenous fisherman Pedrinho Viana retrieves pacu from a gillnet set in a creek in the Xingu River (first image). The fish, one of the most important for the Juruna people, has been getting smaller and scarcer in the region since the dam’s construction in 2016.
The Xingu River is home to countless species of breathtaking fish! Learn about all the incredible aquatic life this river has to offer.
The Xingu River Basin is the fourth largest tributary basin in the Amazon and with 507,000 km 2 and it is nearly the size of France. Two-thirds of the Basin is in the state of Pará; the remaining one-third is in the state of Mato Grosso.
