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Río

(Encyclopedia) Río and Rio, respectively Spanish and Portuguese terms for river. For those not listed here, see under the second element of the name. Thus, for Río Lerma, see Lerma.

Río Tinto

(Encyclopedia) Río Tinto,&sp;RíotintoRío Tinto,both: rēˈō tēnˈtō [key], or Minas de RíotintoRío Tinto,mēˈnäs dā [key], town (1990 pop. 5,934), Huelva prov., SW Spain, in the Sierra Morena Mts.,…

Burle Marx, Roberto

(Encyclopedia) Burle Marx, Roberto, 1909–1994, Brazilian landscape architect. As an art student he visited (1928) Berlin's botanical gardens and became interested in tropical plants. Upon returning…

Equatorial Guinea

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea gĭnˈē [key], officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea,…

Negro, Río, river, Argentina

(Encyclopedia) Negro, RíoNegro, Ríorēˈō nāˈgrō [key], river, c.400 mi (640 km) long, formed in central Argentina by the confluence of the Neuquén and the Limay rivers, and flowing E across Río Negro…

Rio Branco

(Encyclopedia) Rio Branco, city (1996 pop. 228,907), capital of Acre state, NW Brazil, on the Acre River. Rubber and Brazil nuts are its chief products; there is also some farming. Rio Branco has air…

São João de Meriti

(Encyclopedia) São João de MeritiSão João de MeritisouN zhwouN ᵺĭ mərēˈtĭ, də mĭrētēˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 508,200), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, a residential suburb northwest of the city…

Mexico, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia) Mexico, Gulf of, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.700,000 sq mi (1,813,000 sq km), SE North America. The Gulf stretches more than 1,100 mi (1,770 km) from west to east and c.800 mi (1,290…

Rousseff, Dilma

(Encyclopedia) Rousseff, DilmaRousseff, Dilmajēlˈmä r&oomacr;ˈsĕf [key], 1947–, Brazilian political leader, b. Belo Horizonte. The daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant lawyer and a Brazilian teacher…

Texas Rangers

(Encyclopedia) Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly…