Madre de Dios

American  

[mah-thre the dyaws] / ˈmɑ ðrɛ ðɛ ˈdyɔs /

noun

1. a river in Peru and Bolivia, flowing E to the Beni River. 900 miles (1,450 km) long.

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Madre de Dios British  

/ ˈmaðre ðe ˈðiɔs /

noun

1. a river in NE South America, rising in SE Peru and flowing northeast to the Beni River in N Bolivia. Length: about 965 km (600 miles)

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Example Sentences

A brilliant, late-diagnosed dyslexic, young Paul drops out of high school after his sophomore year and lands a position at a tiny research station along the Las Piedras River, in the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru.

From The Wall Street Journal

Of all the threads in “Junglekeeper,” Mr. Rosolie’s tales of encounters with uncontacted people in the Madre de Dios are the most electrifying.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Rio Madre de Dios basin was an ideal location for studying this question because it provided a natural gradient from the heights of one of the tallest mountain ranges down to the floodplains of the world's largest river by volume.

From Science Daily

Hotspots for mercury contamination included Madre de Dios, Peru, and Ayapel, Colombia - centres of artisanal gold mining.

From Reuters

Artisanal mining boomed in the Madre de Dios region during the 2008 Great Recession as gold prices spiked, driven up by investors fleeing financial markets and national currencies for a safe place to put their money.

From Reuters