Tapajós

[tah-puh-zhaws]

noun

1. a river flowing NE through central Brazil to the Amazon. 500 miles (800 km) long.

Tapajós

/ tapaˈʒɔs /

noun

1. a river in N Brazil, rising in N central Mato Grosso and flowing northeast to the Amazon. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)

Example Sentences

Their transshipment stations on the Tapajos and Madeira rivers have linked up the heart of Brazilian farm country and up-and-coming Amazonian ports such as Itacoatiara, Santarem and Barcarena.

From Reuters

Similar concerns surround an around 580 miles railway known as Ferrograo that would move grains from the heartland toward the Tapajos River for eventual shipping abroad.

From Washington Times

The influx posed a grave threat to Korap’s Munduruku people, 14,000-strong and spread throughout the Tapajos River Basin, in Para and Mato Grosso states.

From Seattle Times

He wanted to firm up the details of his plan to go down the well-traveled Paraguay River and the Tapajós River all the way to where it met the Amazon River.

From Literature

“The people that live in villages along the Tapajós river are in extreme poverty,” he said.

From Washington Post