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Encyclopedia Britannica



PARAHYBA DO SUL

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 760 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PARAHYBA DO SUL , a river of Brazil, having its source on the campos of Bocaina, on the northern slope of the Serra do Mar in the western
part
  of the state of Sao Paulo, and flowing at first
south
 -westerly and -then after a horse-shoe curve in the vicinity of Jacarehy in a general E.N.E. direction to the
Atlantic
  in lat. 210 38' S. Its upper course for a distance of 8o m., or to the confluence of the Parahybuna, is known as the Parahytinga. The navigable channel from Sao Fidelis to the
Atlantic
  is 54 M.
long
 , and the
total
  length of the river, including the Parabytinga, is 54o M. Its source is about 4920 ft. above sea-level. The Parahyba passes through a fertile,
long
 -settled country, a
part
  of which was for many years the
principal
  coffee-producing region of Brazil. Its lower cow-se passes through the
rich
  alluvial
sugar
 -producing
district
  of Campos. Among the towns on the Parahyba are Campos, Sao Fidelis, Parahyba do Sul, Juiz de Fora, Barra do Pirahy (railway junction), Rezende, Queluz and Lorena.


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