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Soberbo River
Soberbo River ( pt, Rio Soberbo) is the river that cuts off the city of Guapimirim in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Soberbo River originates in the Serra dos Órgãos and has several waterfalls throughout its course, flowing into the Macacu River The Macacu River ( pt, Rio Macacu) is a river of Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil. Course The Macacu River is born in the Serra dos Órgãos at about in the municipality of Cachoeiras de Macacu, and runs for about to its junction wi .... On rainy days on the top of the mountain range, the river will often fill up rapidly and cause the phenomenon known as " waterhead". Several people have died due to this phenomenon. See also * List of rivers of Rio de Janeiro References Rivers of Rio de Janeiro (state) {{RiodeJaneiro-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Dos Órgãos
The Serra dos Órgãos ("Organ Range") is a mountain range in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It contains the Serra dos Órgãos National Park. Location The Serra dos Órgãos is the name of the region of the Serra do Mar in the central part of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It covers an area of . The range is an escarpment on the northern edge of the Guanabara Graben between the cities of Petrópolis and Teresópolis. The name comes from perceived resemblance of the vertical rock formations created by erosion to the tubes of organs used in Portuguese churches at the time. Topology Along the escarpment the altitude ranges from near sea level in the coastal plain to above sea level further inland. The average elevation is above sea level. The Dedo de Deus (God's Finger) and Escalavrado, at and and the nearby peaks with steep rock walls are dramatic features that can be seen on a clear day from Rio de Janeiro, which is distant. The highest point is Pedra do Sino (Bell Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macacu River
The Macacu River ( pt, Rio Macacu) is a river of Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil. Course The Macacu River is born in the Serra dos Órgãos at about in the municipality of Cachoeiras de Macacu, and runs for about to its junction with the Guapimirim River. The basin of the Macacu River is partly protected by the Bacia do Rio Macacu Environmental Protection Area, part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic. The Macacu River flows through a flat region of mangroves in the Guanabara Ecological Station before discharging into the east of Guanabara Bay near the city of Rio de Janeiro. See also *List of rivers of Rio de Janeiro A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ... References Sources * * * Rivers of Rio de Janeiro (state) {{Riode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; and the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of . It borders all other countries and territories in South America except Ecuador and Chile and covers roughly half of the continent's land area. Its Amazon basin includes a vast tropical forest, ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guapimirim
Guapimirim (, from Tupi 'little spring', ''guapi'' 'spring', ''mirim'' 'little'), is a Brazilian Municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro around 50km(31 miles) from its state capital, the city of Rio de Janeiro. Its in a region known as Baixada Fluminense and the Greater Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. The municipality is in the Serra dos Órgãos mountain range where its most famous tourist attraction, the Dedo de Deus, is located. 70% of its area is under environmental protection, most notabily the Serra dos Órgãos National Park. Geography The population of Guapimirim was 61,388 in 2020, and its area is . Conservation The municipality contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006. It held 24% of the Paraíso Ecological Station, created in 1987 and now integrated into the Três Picos State Park. It contains 4% of the Três Picos State Park, created in 2002. It contains part of the Bacia do Rio Macacu Environmental Prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro (state)
Rio de Janeiro () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of the Brazilian GDP. The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast (assigned by IBGE). Rio de Janeiro shares borders with all the other states in the same Southeast macroregion: Minas Gerais ( N and NW), Espírito Santo ( NE) and São Paulo ( SW). It is bounded on the east and south by the South Atlantic Ocean. Rio de Janeiro has an area of . Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro, which was the capital of the Portuguese Colony of Brazil from 1763 to 1815, of the following United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1815 to 1822, and of later independent Brazil as a kingdom and republic from 1822 to 1960. The state's 22 largest cities are Rio de Janeiro, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huayco
A huaico or huayco (from the Quechua ''wayqu'', meaning "depth, valley") is an Andean term for the mudslide and flash flood caused by torrential rains occurring high in the mountains, especially during the weather phenomenon known as ''El Niño''. National forests such as the San Matías–San Carlos Protection Forest were created in Peru to protect vegetation, which reduces runoff, and prevent huaicos. The indigenous Mapuche residents of ''Lo Barnechea'', in present-day Santiago Province, Chile, were called ''Huaicoches'' in their Mapudungun language: ''Huaico'' (flash flood) and ''che'' (people). "''Cabeça d'água''" (lit. "Water head") is a term in Brazil describing similar phenomena: During orographic rain In meteorology, the different types of precipitation often include the character, formation, or phase of the precipitation which is falling to ground level. There are three distinct ways that precipitation can occur. Convective precipitation is g ..., rivers in mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Rio De Janeiro
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