Tapajós

[ tah-puh-zhaws ]

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noun

a river flowing NE through central Brazil to the Amazon. 500 miles (800 km) long.

Tapajós

/ tapaˈʒɔs /

a river in N Brazil, rising in N central Mato Grosso and flowing northeast to the Amazon. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)

There is a definite line dividing black from yellow water, and then no more Tapajos.

At length, while residing at an Indian village on the Tapajos, I had ample proof of the fact.

One of the largest semi-civilised tribes inhabiting the banks of the Tapajos are the Mundurucus.

They inhabit both banks of the Tapajos, and can muster, it is said, 2000 fighting men.

Parallel to the Tapajos, and about two hundred miles distant, flows the Xingú.

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