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Pará River

 
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The southeast arm of the Amazon River estuary in northern Brazil. Divided from the rest of the river by Marajó Island, it is about 320 km (200 mi) long.

 

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Pará River
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Channel of the Amazon River. It passes to the south and east of Marajó Island, in northeastern Pará state, northern Brazil, and is about 200 mi (320 km) long and 40 mi (64 km) wide at its mouth. It carries a small part of the discharge of the Amazon east and north to the Atlantic Ocean, and its entire length is navigable.

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Pará, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, N Brazil. It is actually the southeastern arm or estuary of the Amazon, divided from the rest of the river by Marajó island. It receives the waters of the Tocantins River. The port of Belém is on the right bank.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
  Synonym: Para

 
 
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