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See also: river of See also: northern See also: Brazil and tributary of the Rio See also: Negro, formed by the confluence of the Takuti, or " Upper Rio See also: Branco," and Uraricoera, about 3° N. See also: lat. and 6o° 28' W. long., and flowing See also: south by west to a junction with the Negro
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It has rapids in its upper course, but the greater See also: part of its length of 348 M. is navigable for steamers of See also: light draught
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The Takutu rises in the Roraima and Coirrit ranges on the See also: Guiana frontier, while the Uraricoera rises in the Serra de Parima, on the Venezuelan frontier, and has a length of 36o m. before reaching the Branco
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These are See also: white
See also: water See also: rivers, from which the Branco (white) derives its name, and at its junction with the Negro the two differently-coloured streams flow See also: side by side for some distance before mingling
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