Ilha Grande do Gurupá is a large
river island
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of the
Amazon River delta
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* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta"), the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet
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. It lies in the
Brazil
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ian state of
Pará
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, west of
Marajó
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and near the confluence of the Amazon and the
Xingu. The island has an area of .
This island is part of the
Marajó Archipelago
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.
References
Grande do Gurupa
Landforms of Pará
Islands of the Amazon
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