Araguaya
Americannoun
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Such are the Kayapo or Suya, a large nation with several divisions between the Araguaya and Xingu rivers; and the Akua, better known as Cherentes, about the upper course of the Tocantins.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
Being unable to obtain men, Mr. Leavens now gave up his project of ascending the river as far as the Araguaya.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
The state lies wholly within the great Brazilian plateau region, but its surface is much broken towards the N. by the deeply eroded valleys of the Araguaya and Upper Tocantins rivers and their tributaries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
As one ascends the Tocantins and Araguaya from their mouths in the Amazon estuary the altitude rapidly rises and navigation is quickly interrupted by cataracts.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
We were told that there were in all fifteen of these obstructions to navigate, between Arroyos and the mouth of the Araguaya.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
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