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Casiquiare

Casiquiare (käsēkyä'rā) [key], river, c.100 mi (160 km) long, S Venezuela. Also called the Canal Casiquiare, it is a branch of the Orinoco and flows SW to the Río Negro, thus linking the Orinoco and Amazon basins. The Casiquiare's flow was naturally diverted by the headward erosion of the Río Negro.

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Islas Maldivas, un collar de perlas. (incluye artículo relacionado y artículos sobre el canal de Casiquiare y sobre excursiones en Europa)(TT: The Maldives, a pearl necklace) (TA: includes related articles about the Casiquiare canal and excursions in Europe) (Tribuna de Actualidad)

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A monstrous error of geography? Aside from death and taxes, there are few things in life that one can take for granted. But you can always rely on water to flow downhill. Or can you? Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt travel deep into the Amazon jungle in search of a river that seems to break this golden rule of geography. (Geographical)

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Scholars and Amazon: former director of the Royal Geographical Society John Hemming looks back at the Society's rich history of pioneering exploration and scientific expeditions in the Amazon rainforest, which resulted in discoveries that have shaped our modern understanding of the world. (Geographical)

La tierra perdida de agua y roca. (la Gran Sabana de Venezuela)(TT: The lost land of water and rock) (TA: Venezuela's Great Savannah) (Américas (Spanish Edition))

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