Demini River is a river in the Amazon rainforest of the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is a tributary of the Rio Negro.
| Demini River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Demini (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Rio Negro |
• coordinates | 0°46′22″S 62°56′29″W / 0.772800°S 62.941267°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Rio Negro |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Toototobi River |
| • right | Cuieiras River, Araçá River |
Course
editThe Demini River rises in the Serra do Aracá State Park, a 1,818,700 hectares (4,494,000 acres) conservation unit created in 1990. It flows southwest through the park, then flows south to join the Rio Negro.[1] The Toototobi River is a tributary of the upper part of the Demini near the headwaters of the Orinoco near the border of Venezuela. The Yanomami índios are native to this area.
References
editSources
edit- PES da Serra do Aracá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-23
Further reading
edit- [1] "Engagement of anthropologists in public dialogue with members of study communities", University of Arizona
- [2] Report of the Medical Team of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on Accusations Contained in Patrick Tierney's Darkness in El Dorado
- [3] When Did the Measles Epidemic Begin among the Yanomami?