Paraguay River love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river rising in southwest Brazil and flowing about 2,575 km (1,600 mi) southward along the Brazil-Paraguay border, through central Paraguay, and along the Paraguay-Argentina border to the Paraná River.

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Examples

  • The Paraguay River is the main thoroughfare through the Pantanal, and there are many species of fish and wildlife.

    Jungle Fever 2006

  • In addition, the Cerrado is a large part of the watershed for the mighty San Francisco and Paraguay River systems, and contains 700,000 square kilometers of land located within the Amazon Basin (the total area that drains into the Amazon River system; not to be confused with the Amazon rain forest).

    Chris McGowan: The Importance of Being Cerrado: Brazil's Other Huge, Endangered Ecosystem 2009

  • Andres Cristaldo/European Pressphoto Agency ROWING AWAY: A man rowed his boat next to a ship moored in a harbor on the Paraguay River Tuesday.

    Today's Photos: Dec. 30 2008

  • It extends 1,000 kilometers (km) from its origin to its confluence with the Paraguay River.

    Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil 2007

  • Acurizal and Penha PRNHs are located on a strip of land between the Paraguay River and the Amolar Mountain Range.

    Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil 2007

  • Draining an area of approximately 100,000 km2, the Cuiaba River reaches the mouth of the Paraguay River with an average discharge of 480 cubic meters (m3) per second.

    Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil 2007

  • The Cuiaba River is the principal tributary of the Paraguay River; these two rivers are functionally among the most important waterways in the Pantanal.

    Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil 2007

  • We started out in Porto Murtinho, a tiny little speck of a city on the Paraguay River in Southern Brazil.

    Jungle Fever 2006

  • The longest river is the Paraguay River - along the same lines as Oklahoma City, Panama City, and other such original names.

    Core Beliefs: 1 Bruce Schauble 2006

  • But Bob and the rest of the company went on till they crossed the Paraguay River; and there, in the western part of that country, they made themselves at home.

    Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim

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