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Tucuruí transmission line

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The Tucuruí transmission line (Linhão de Tucuruí) is a hydroelectric power line that leads north from the Tucuruí Dam in Pará, Brazil and crosses the Amazon River. [1]

44 relations: Abengoa, Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve, Almeirim, Alupar, Amapá, Amazon rainforest, Amazon River, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Anapu, Balbina Dam, Boa Vista, Roraima, BR-174, Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, Caracaraí, Carbon dioxide equivalent, Data-rate units, Dilma Rousseff, Eiffel Tower, Eletrobras, Fundação Nacional do Índio, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, Itacoatiara, Laranjal do Jari, Macapá, Manaus, New Scientist, Optical fiber cable, Oriximiná, Pará, Presidente Figueiredo, Roraima, Rorainópolis, Silves, Amazonas, TIM Brasil, Trombetas River, Tucuruí, Tucuruí Dam, Uatumã River, Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve, Venezuela, Vitória do Xingu, Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory, Waimiri-Atroari, Xingu River.

Abengoa

Abengoa S.A. is a Spanish multinational corporation, which includes companies in the domains of energy, telecommunications, transportation, and the environment.

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Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve

Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve (Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke).

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Almeirim

Almeirim is a city and a municipality in Santarém District, Portugal.

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Alupar

Alupar is a Brazilian holding company dedicated to the segments of power generation and transmission.

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Amapá

Amapá is a state located in the northern region of Brazil.

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Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest (Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Selva Amazónica, Amazonía or usually Amazonia; Forêt amazonienne; Amazoneregenwoud), also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.

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Amazon River

The Amazon River (or; Spanish and Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and either the longest or second longest.

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Amazonas (Brazilian state)

Amazonas is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the northwestern corner of the country.

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Anapu

Anapu is a city in Pará, Brazil.

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Balbina Dam

The Balbina Dam (Usina Hidrelétrica de Balbina) is a hydroelectric dam and power station on the Uatumã River in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil.

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Boa Vista, Roraima

Boa Vista (Good View) is the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima.

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BR-174

BR-174 is a federal highway of Brazil.

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Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources

Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm.

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Caracaraí

Caracaraí is a municipality located in the state of Roraima in Brazil.

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Carbon dioxide equivalent

Carbon dioxide equivalent (CDE) and equivalent carbon dioxide (e and eq) are two related but distinct measures for describing how much global warming a given type and amount of greenhouse gas may cause, using the functionally equivalent amount or concentration of carbon dioxide as the reference.

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Data-rate units

In telecommunications, data-transfer rate is the average number of bits (bitrate), characters or symbols (baudrate), or data blocks per unit time passing through a communication link in a data-transmission system.

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Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Vana Rousseff (often known mononymously as Dilma; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th President of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016, becoming the first democratically-elected female President in the world to be impeached and removed.

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Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower (tour Eiffel) is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France.

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Eletrobras

Eletrobras (full name: Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A.) is a major Brazilian electric utilities company.

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Fundação Nacional do Índio

Fundação Nacional do Índio (National Indian Foundation) or FUNAI is a Brazilian governmental protection agency for Indian interests and their culture.

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Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989

The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 is an International Labour Organization Convention, also known as ILO-convention 169, or C169.

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Itacoatiara

Itacoatiara is one of the 48 official neighborhoods into which the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is divided.

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Laranjal do Jari

Laranjal do Jari (Jari Orangery) is a municipality located in the west of the state of Amapá in Brazil.

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Macapá

Macapá is a city in Brazil, population 397,913 (2010 census).

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Manaus

Manaus or Manaós before 1939 or (formerly) Barra do Rio Negro, is the capital city of the state of Amazonas in the North Region of Brazil.

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New Scientist

New Scientist, first published on 22 November 1956, is a weekly, English-language magazine that covers all aspects of science and technology.

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Optical fiber cable

An optical fiber cable, also known as a fiber optic cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable, but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light.

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Oriximiná

Oriximiná is the westernmost and second-largest (by territorial area) municipality in the Brazilian state of Pará.

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Pará

Pará is a state in northern Brazil traversed by the lower Amazon River.

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Presidente Figueiredo

Presidente Figueiredo is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

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Roraima

Roraima (Pemon: roro imã, "parrot mountain" i.e. "Green Peak") is the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil, located in the Amazon region.

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Rorainópolis

Rorainópolis is a municipality located in the southernmost point of the state of Roraima in Brazil.

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Silves, Amazonas

Silves or Ilha de Silves is an island municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil.

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TIM Brasil

TIM Brasil (officially TIM Celular S.A.) is the Brazilian subsidiary of Telecom Italia, an Italian telecommunications company, which owned 67% of the company as of 2014.

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Trombetas River

The Trombetas is a large river on the northern side of the Amazon River.

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Tucuruí

Tucuruí is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.

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Tucuruí Dam

The Tucuruí Dam (Tucuruí means "grasshopper's water", translated from Tupí language; Tucuruí) is a concrete gravity dam on the Tocantins River located on the Tucuruí County in the State of Pará, Brazil.

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Uatumã River

The Uatumã River (sometimes spelled Uatamã) is a river flowing through the state of Amazonas in Brazil.

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Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve

The Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve (Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Uatumã) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

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Venezuela

Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).

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Vitória do Xingu

Vitória do Xingu is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.

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Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory

The Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory (Terra Indígena Waimiri Atroari) is an indigenous territory in the states of Amazonas and Roraima, Brazil.

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Waimiri-Atroari

The Uaimiris-Atroari or Waimiri-Atroari are an indigenous group inhabiting the southeastern part of the Brazilian state of Roraima and northeastern Amazonas, specifically the Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory.

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Xingu River

The Xingu River (Rio Xingu) is a river in north Brazil.

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Linhão de Tucuruí.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucuruí_transmission_line

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