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Xie River (Brazil)

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Native name
  
Rio Xié

Source
  
Amazonas

Country
  
Brazil

River system
  
Rio Negro

Xie River (Brazil)

Main source
  
São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

The Xié River (Portuguese: Rio Xié) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Rio Negro.

The river flows through the 7,999,000 hectares (19,770,000 acres) Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory, created in 1998. The majority of the population of the Xié River are Baré and Werekena people.

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Xie River (Brazil) Wikipedia