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- The Xingu River system, which runs through central Brazil northward to the Amazon, is a vital part of the complex ecosystem that sustains the world’s largest rainforests and a great diversity of cultures.
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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. Formed by several headstreams, principally the Curiseu, Batovi, and Romuro rivers, the.
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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 is a 2011 Brazilian movie, directed by Brazilian film-maker Cao Hamburger.
The Xingu River, a major tributary of the Amazon in Brazil, begins in the semi-deciduous forests and woodland-savannas of Mato Grosso state and flows north for 2,700 km across varying topography before ending in the wet forests of the Amazon near Belem.
Jul 3, 2024 · At the 6th Assembly of the Xingu+ Network, the confluence of people who traveled thousands of kilometers by rivers, roads and air, affirmed that the Xingu is one in defending its territories, cultures and rights.
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.
Traversing the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará, the Xingu River is an eastern tributary of the Amazon, spanning 1,979 kilometers in length. Near its mouth, the Xingu expands into an immense lake, and its waters then mix with those of the Amazon through a labyrinth of natural canals.
Downstream, along the 130-kilometer river stretch called the Big Bend of the Xingu, the diversion reduced the river’s flow by up to 80%. It also interrupted the river’s annual cycle of flooding, crucial to its rich biodiversity.
