Javari

American  

[zhah-vuh-ree] / ˌʒɑ vəˈri /

Or Javary

noun

1. a river in E South America, flowing NE from Peru to the upper Amazon, forming part of the boundary between Peru and Brazil. 650 miles (1,045 km) long.

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Javari British  

/ ʒavaˈri /

noun

1. Spanish name: Yavarí. a river in South America, flowing northeast as part of the border between Peru and Brazil to join the Amazon. Length: about 1050 km (650 miles)

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Javari

Phillips and Pereira vanished on June 5, 2022 on a trip to the remote Javari Valley near the border with Peru.

From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2023

The line of wooden houses here marks a boundary — between the sprawling Javari Valley Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon and the non-Indigenous world.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

Phillips, a freelance journalist who wrote for outlets including the British newspaper The Guardian and the Washington Post, was on a reporting trip with Pereira in the Amazon rainforest’s Javari Valley.

From Reuters ● May 20, 2023

They became aware at a meeting held in 2019, and through other documents, that the life of agency employees - such as Pereira - was at risk in lawless areas like the Javari Valley.

From BBC ● May 20, 2023

Derek anchored them at one end while Anne, Natalie, and Javari stretched as far as they could in the middle for Marcus to be able to reach the water.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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