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Putumayo River

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The Putumayo River or Içá River (Río Putumayo, Río Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, west of and parallel to the Japurá River. [1]

40 relations: Amazon River, Amazon rubber boom, Andes, Bank (geography), Belgians, Boat, Brazil, Cara Paraná River, Cattle, Clay, Colombia, Congo Free State, Ecuador, Food and Agriculture Organization, Guerrilla warfare, Gutta-percha, Iquitos, Japurá River, Jules Crevaux, Knight Bachelor, Manaus, Manilkara bidentata, Michael Taussig, Military Forces of Colombia, Natural rubber, Pacific Ocean, Pasto, Colombia, Peru, Peruvian Amazon Company, Puerto Asís, Raúl Reyes, Rapids, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Roger Casement, Sand, Santo Antônio do Içá, Solimões River, Solimões-Japurá moist forests, Transport, Tributary.

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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Amazon rubber boom

The Amazon Rubber Boom (Ciclo da borracha, 1879 to 1912) was an important part of the economic and social history of Brazil and Amazonian regions of neighboring countries, being related to the extraction and commercialization of rubber.

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Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Bank (geography)

In geography, the word bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water.

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Belgians

Belgians (Belgen, Belges, Belgier) are people identified with the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe.

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Boat

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of type and size.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Cara Paraná River

Cara Paraná River is a river of Colombia.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Clay

Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO2), metal oxides (Al2O3, MgO etc.) and organic matter.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Congo Free State

The Congo Free State (État indépendant du Congo, "Independent State of the Congo"; Kongo-Vrijstaat) was a large state in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908.

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Ecuador

Ecuador (Ikwadur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

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Gutta-percha

Gutta-percha refers to trees of the genus Palaquium in the family Sapotaceae and the rigid natural latex produced from the sap of these trees, particularly from Palaquium gutta.

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Iquitos

Iquitos, also known as Iquitos City, is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region.

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Japurá River

The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a river about long in the Amazon basin.

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Jules Crevaux

Jules Crevaux was a French doctor, soldier, and explorer.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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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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Manilkara bidentata

Manilkara bidentata is a species of Manilkara native to a large area of northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

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Michael Taussig

Michael Taussig (born 3 April 1940 in Sydney) is an Australian anthropologist, born in Sydney of German and Czech/Jewish ancestral parents.

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Military Forces of Colombia

The Military Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Militares de Colombia) are the unified armed forces of the Republic of Colombia.

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Natural rubber

Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds, plus water.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Pasto, Colombia

Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto, is the capital of the department of Nariño, in southern Colombia.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Peruvian Amazon Company

The Peruvian Amazon Company, also called the Anglo-Peruvian Amazon Rubber Co, was a rubber boom company that operated in Peru in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Puerto Asís

Puerto Asís is a Colombian municipality in Putumayo Department.

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Raúl Reyes

Luis Edgar Devia Silva (September 30, 1948 – March 1, 2008), better known by his nom de guerre Raúl Reyes, was a Secretariat member, spokesperson, and advisor to the Southern Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army (FARC–EP).

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Rapids

Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.

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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP and FARC) was a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict from 1964 to 2017.

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Roger Casement

Roger David Casement (1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916), formerly known as Sir Roger Casement CMG, Between 1911 and shortly before his execution for high treason, when he was stripped of his knighthood and other honours.

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Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.

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Santo Antônio do Içá

Santo Antônio do Içá is a community and a municipality in the state of Amazonas near the Columbian border in Brazil.

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Solimões River

Solimões is the name often given to upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru.

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Solimões-Japurá moist forests

The Solimões-Japurá moist forest (NT0163) is an ecoregion in northwest Brazil and eastern Peru and Colombia in the Amazon biome.

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Transport

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another.

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Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake.

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Redirects here:

Içá, Içá River, Putumayo region, Putumayo river, Rio Putumayo, River Putumayo, Río Putumayo.

References

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

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