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Pecos, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Pecos, river, 926 mi (1,480 km) long, rising in N N.Mex. near the Truchas peaks and flowing SE across E N.Mex. and W Tex. to the Rio Grande; drains c.38,300 sq mi (99,200 sq km). In New Mexico, dams a...

Amazon, river, Peru and Brazil

(Encyclopedia)Amazon, Port. Amazonas ämäzōˈnəs [key], world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the Ucayali and the short...

Pelotas

(Encyclopedia)Pelotas pəlôˈtəsh [key], city (1991 pop. 291,100), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil, an inland port on the São Gonçalo canal. It is a major export point for the stock-raising region of S Rio Gr...

Paranaíba

(Encyclopedia)Paranaíba pərənīēˈbə [key], river, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in W Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It flows generally westward through an agricultural region before joining the Rio Grande to fo...

Del Rio

(Encyclopedia)Del Rio rēˈō [key], city (2020 pop. 34,673), seat of Val Verde co., W Tex., on the Rio Gra...

Negro, Río, river, Argentina

(Encyclopedia)Negro, Río rēˈō nāˈgrō [key], river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, formed in central Argentina by the confluence of the Neuquén and the Limay rivers, and flowing E across Río Negro prov. (N Patagon...

Patos, Lagoa dos

(Encyclopedia)Patos, Lagoa dos ləgôˈə do͝os päˈto͝os [key] [Port.,=lake of the ducks], shallow tidal lagoon, c.150 mi (240 km) long and up to 30 mi (48 km) wide, Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil. A wide s...

Pôrto Alegre

(Encyclopedia)Pôrto Alegre pōrˈto͝o əlĕˈgrə [key], city (1991 pop. 1,263,403), capital of Rio Grande do Sul state, SE Brazil, on the Guaíba River. One of the chief industrial and commercial centers of Braz...

Campina Grande

(Encyclopedia)Campina Grande kəmpēˈnä gränˈdĭ [key], city, Paraíba state, NE Brazil, on the...

Furnas Dam

(Encyclopedia)Furnas Dam, c.390 ft (120 m) high, at the junction of the Rio Grande and Sapucaí rivers, SE Brazil, in Minas Gerais state; completed 1962. It has a 620-sq mi (1,606-sq km) reservoir. It includes larg...