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

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

According to the investigation, he financed local fishermen to fish inside Javari Valley Indigenous Territory.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

Javari and Derek joined them at last, but there was barely enough room for all of them behind the solar panel.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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