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ARAGUAYA, ARAGUAY

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 315 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: APO-ARN
ARAGUAYA, ARAGUAY Or ARAGUIA, a river of Brazil and
principal
  affluent of the Tocantins, rising in the Serra do Cayap6, where it is known as the Rio Grande, and flowing in a north by
east
  direction to a junction with the Tocantins at Sao Joao do
Araguaya
 , or Sao Joao das Duas
Barras
 . Its upper course forms the boundary line between Goyaz and Matto Grosso. The river divides into two branches at about 13 20' S. lat., and unites again at ro 30', forming the large
island
  of Santa Anna or Bananal. The eastern branch, called the Furo, is the one used by boats, as the
main
  channel is obstructed by rapids. Its
principal
  affluent is the Rio das Mortes, which rises in the Serra de Sao Jeronymo, near
Cuyaba
 , Matto Grosso, and is utilized by boatmen going to Para. Of other affluents, the Bonito, Garcas, Cristallino and Tapirape on the west, and the Pitombas, Claro, Vermelho, Tucupa and Chavante on the
east
 , nothing definite is known as the country is still largely unexplored. The
Araguaya
  has a course of ro8o m., considerable stretches of which are navigable for small river steamers, but as the river below Santa Anna
Island
  is interrupted by reefs and rapids in two placesone having a fall of 85 ft. in 18 m., and the other a fall of 50 ft. in 12 m.it affords no practicable outlet for the products of the state. It was explored in
part
  by Henri Coudreau in 1897.
See Coudreau's Voyage au Tocantins-Araguaya (Paris, 1897).


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