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Amazonas

Amazonas (ämuzō'nus) [key], state (1996 pop. 2,390,102), 604,032 sq mi (1,564,445 sq km), NW Brazil. The capital is Manaus.

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CRUCERO POR EL RIO MAR.(viaje sobre el río Amazonas desde la ciudad de Manaus, Brasil)(TT: Cruising on the ocean river.)(TA: travels on Amazon River from city of Manaus, Brazil) (Américas (Spanish Edition))

Dentro del bosque inundado de Mamiraua; una reserva del Amazonas brasileño integra a las comunidades locales en la conservación de los abundantes recursos de la región.(TT: Inside the flooded forest of Mamiraua; a Brazilian Amazon reserve integrates the local communities in the conservation of the region's abundant resources) (Américas (Spanish Edition))

Peligran los pulmones verdes del planeta: El Amazonas en LLAMAS.(selva tropical; incendios; América del Sur)(TT: The green lungs of the planet are in danger: the Amazon is ablaze.)(TA: tropical rain forest; accident; South America) (Tribuna de Actualidad)

Guardián espacial del bosque tropical.(sensores remotos satelitales para detectar tala de árboles, deforestación en Amazonas, Brasil) (Américas (Spanish Edition))

Relationships and taxonomy of the killifish genus Rivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae) from the Brazilian Amazonas river basin, with notes on historical ecology. (Aqua: journal of ichthyology & aquatic biology)

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Mujeres artistas en el Guggenheim de Bilbao: Amazonas de la vanguardia.(TT: Women artists in the Guggenheim of Bilbao: Amazon of the vanguard.) (Epoca)

Libertino y coqueto, el pez-hombre del Amazonas.(delfines de río)(TT: Intelligent and playful, the river-man of the Amazons.)(TA: river dolphins)(Artículo Breve) (Contenido)

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