Araguaia

From our hometown we drove to Barra do Garça, on the banks of the Araguaia River, and from there to the farm, in the São José do Xingu municipality, better known as “Bang” or “São José do Bang Bang”.

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From our hometown we drove to Barra do Garça, on the banks of the Araguaia River, and from there to the farm, in the São José do Xingu municipality, better known as “Bang” or “São José do Bang Bang”.

New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009

The Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forest is an area of dense rainforest in the eastern extreme of the Amazon Basin flanked by the mouth of the Amazon River and the Atlantic Ocean.

Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests 2008

The company also said Tuesday that a post-tax non-cash impairment charge of $440 million will be reflected in its results for the year ending Dec. 31 following a review of the Araguaia nickel project in Brazil.

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The plateau is a gently rolling plain which descends to the Araguaia basin to the north, to the Jacub-Correntes rivers system to the east and to the Taquarí river and Pantanal complex to the west.

Cerrado Protected Areas, Brazil 2008

This is one of the most deforested and degraded regions in Amazonia, second only to the Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forest region to the east.

Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests 2008

The Araguaia, its main branch, is, according to Castelnau, one mile wide, with a current of three fourths of a mile an hour.

The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

Huallaga, it is 2200 according to Herndon; at the junction of the Negro with the Cassiquiari, it is 400 according to Wallace; at the mouth of the Marmoré, it is 800 according to Gibbon; at the Pongo de Manseriche, below all rapids, it is 1160 according to Humboldt; and at the junction of Araguaia with the Tocantíns, it is 200 according to Castelnau.

The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

Araguaia to Rondonopolis is advancing month by month, our agreement with Rumo is already operational, and volumes should increase following the Capex schedule.

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Lara's 100%-owned Araguaia Nickel Project comprises 53,889 hectares of exploration licenses and claims in a district that has seen several significant nickel discoveries in recent years: Araguaia adjacent to Vila Oito (Teck), Serra da Tapa and Vale dos Sonhos (Xstrata) and Lontra (Horizonte Minerals plc).

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