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- ↑ "Lei Nº 9605: Cria o Município de Pareci Novo" (in Portuguese). Leis Estaduais. 20 March 1992.
... o Rio Uruguai, deste, águas acima, até a foz do Rio Palomas
- ↑ Vocabulário geográfico do estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). 1950. p. 401.
Palomas—Rio, afluente da margem esquerda do Uruguai