AMAZONAS  , a territory belonging to See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela, and occupying the extreme See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PART

part of that See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, adjoining the Brazilian See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Amazonas . It lies partly within the drainage See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the See also:

• ORINOCO

Orinoco and partly within that of the Rio See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

Negro, an affluent of the See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon . The territory is covered with dense forests and is filled with intricate watercourses, one of which, the Casiquiare, forms an open communication between the Orinoco and the Rio Negro and is navigable for large canoes . The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the territory is Maroa, situated on the Guainia See also:

• RIVER

river, an affluent of the Rio Negro .