Río Negro

/ ˈnɛɡ-, ˈrio ˈneɣro, ˈriːəʊ ˈneɪɡrəʊ /

noun

1. See Negro 2

Example Sentences

“So when I went there, and I saw the floating houses, saw the hammocks on boats, visited a tribe for the first time, and looked at the place where the straw-colored waters of the Amazon River meet the black Rio Negro, I felt like I was accessing another Brazil.”

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In October, the Rio Negro - one of the world's largest rivers - reached its lowest recorded level near Manaus in Brazil, surpassing marks going back over 100 years.

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They are located on a stretch of shore known as Ponta das Lajes, near where the Rio Negro and the Solimões river flow into the Amazon.

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The rocky point is called Ponto das Lajes on the north shore of the Amazon near where the Rio Negro and Solimoes rivers join.

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The mill takes 129 million litres of water a day from the local river, the Rio Negro.

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