List of rivers in Paraíba (Brazilian State).
The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Paraíba drain to the Atlantic Ocean.
Paraíba is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba is the third most densely populated state of the Northeast; João Pessoa, the sea-bordered state capital, and Campina Grande, in the interior, rank among the fifteen-largest municipalities in the Northeast of Brazil. The state is home to 1.9% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.9% of the Brazilian GDP.
São José is Portuguese for Saint Joseph, and often refers to:
São Miguel is the name of the largest island of the Azores and may also refer to:
The Borborema Plateau is a plateau in northeastern Brazil which extends across the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte. The plateau is the northeasternmost portion of the Brazilian Highlands and is the most relevant watershed of its region. It ranges approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) from north to south and 200 kilometres (120 mi) from east to west. More than 100 rivers originate from the plateau, including the Moxotó, Mundaú, Pajeú, Paraíba do Norte, Seridó, and Una.
The Karirí languages, generally considered dialects of a single language, were a group of languages formerly spoken by the Kiriri people of Brazil. It was spoken until the middle of the 20th century; the 4,000 ethnic Kiriri are now monolingual Portuguese speakers, though a few know common phrases and names of medicinal plants.
The Calabouço River is a river of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte states in eastern Brazil.
Serra Negra do Norte is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, located southwest of the state capital, 319 miles away. It occupies an area of 562 km², and its population, in the 2018 census, was 8,065 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, making it the 84th most populous municipality in the state.
Tarairiú is an extinct and very poorly known language of eastern Brazil. The Tarairiu nation was divided into several tribes: the Janduí, Kanindé, Paiaku, Jenipapo, Jenipabuçu, Javó, Kamaçu, Tukuriju, Ariu, and "Xukuru" / Xacó.
Seridó Ocidental is a microregion in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.
Miss Brazil 2013, the 59th edition of the Miss Brazil pageant, was held in Belo Horizonte on September 28, 2013. The winner was Jakelyne Oliveira, who represented Brazil in the 2013 Miss Universe pageant. Twenty-six delegates from each state and the Federal District competed for the crown. The previous titleholder, Gabriela Markus of Rio Grande do Sul, crowned her successor at the end of the event.
Events in the year 1954 in Brazil.
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The Rio Piranhas mangroves ecoregion covers a series of mangrove forests along the Atlantic Ocean coast of the eastern tip of Brazil. The mangrove sections are spread across 350 km, from the mouth of the Mamanguape River in the north, to the vicinity of Maceió in the south. This coast is centered on the city of Recife, and the mangrove sections often surround industrial ports and cities.