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Río Negro

/ ˈrio ˈneɣro; ˈnɛɡ-; ˈriːəʊ ˈneɪɡrəʊ /

noun

  1. See Negro
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The village sits along a narrowing vein of the Rio Negro, a tributary of the mighty Amazon.

They boated on the Rio Negro, fished in its swift current, rode long miles over the gray and treeless pampas.

Those Indians tell you that it grows to the south-west of them, in the wilds which extend betwixt them and the Rio Negro.

Mr Wallace describes his search for it on the Rio Negro, and his admiration of its beauty.

In the southern region there is no fruit grown, except on a few estates in the Rio Negro and in the valley of Chubut.

I found this bird quite common on the dry open plains in the neighbourhood of the Rio Negro in Patagonia.

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