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Map xingu river. The xingu river portuguese. Rio xingu portuguese pronunciation. I n u sheeng goo is a 1640 km 1019 mi river in north brazilit is a southeast tributary of the amazon river and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the amazon basin accounting for about 5 of its water.

The xingu river flows from the tropical savanna of central mato grosso brazil northward to the amazon for 1979 km 1230 miles. Some 25000 indigenous people from 18 distinct ethnic groups live along the xingu. In 1989 an international mobilization led by the kayapo indians stopped state owned electric company eletronortes plans to construct a six dam complex on the xingu.

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The river rises on the planalto plateau do mato grosso in the drainage basin framed by the serra do roncador and the serra formosa mountain ranges. Formed by several headstreams principally the curiseu batovi and romuro rivers the x. Media in category xingu river the following 19 files are in this category out of 19 total.

The xingu tapajos watershed is the place where the culuene and five other southern rivers join to form the xingu and is considered the place of the worlds creation by the indigenous peoples of the upper xingu. At the xingu headwaters there is a massive lake a network of eaons natural canals and wooded islands.