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Madeira River

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Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
Madeira River
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Humaita, State of Amazonas, Brazil

The Madeira River is a major waterway in South America, approximately 3,250 km long. The Madeira is the biggest tributary of the Amazon, accounting for about 15% of the water in the basin. A map from Emanuel Bowen in 1747, held by the David Rumsey Map Collection, refers to the Madeira by the pre-colonial, indigenous name Cuyari: The River of Cuyari, called by the Portuguese Madeira or the Wood River, is formed by two great rivers, which join near its mouth. It was by this River, that the Nation of Topinambes passed into the River Amazon.
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