Javari

American

[zhah-vuh-ree] / ˌʒɑ vəˈri /

Or Javary

noun

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.

Javari British

/ ʒavaˈri /

noun

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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According to the report by TV Globo's Fantástico programme, Colombian national Rubén Villar ran an illegal fishing racket in the Javari Valley, a remote area near Brazil's border with Peru and Colombia.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023

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

Pereira and Phillips vanished last year in a trip to the remote Javari Valley, on the border between Peru and Colombia.

From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2023

Javari wore his hair in a buzz cut, and Marcus, the older brother, had a temp fade.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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