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Araguaya

American  
[ah-ruh-gwah-yah] / ˌɑ rəˈgwɑ jɑ /

noun

  1. a river flowing N from central Brazil to the Tocantins River. about 1,100 miles (1,770 km) long.


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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

In 1716 an exploring expedition ascended the Madeira, and in the years following the Tocantins, the Araguaya, the Rio Negro, and the principal tributaries of the Upper Amazon were navigated.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

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.

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

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