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unusual facts about Mamoré



Culture of Porto Velho

In railway complex, is located the Museum of Railroad Madeira-Mamore, in the city center lies the State Museum, with abundant material on archeology, ethnology and Mineralogy.

Drymaeus branneri

The type locality of Drymaeus branneri is above Porto Velho along the Madeira-Mamoré railroad (= ca. 260 km South-West of Porto Velho), Rondônia, Brazil.

Esporte Clube Mamoré

Esporte Clube Mamoré is a Brazilian football team, from the city of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais.

Mamoré River

The Guapore also rivals the Mamore in length and volume, having its source in the Parecis plateau, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a few miles from streams flowing north-ward to the Tapajos and Amazon, and southward to the Paraguay and Paraná rivers.

Moxos language

The language belongs to a group of tribes that originally ranged through the upper Mamoré, extending east and west from the Guapure (Itenes) to the Beni, and are now centered in the Province of Moxos, Department of Beni, Bolivia.

Treaty of Petrópolis

The contract for the Madeira-Mamoré railway required by the treaty was won by another American, Percival Farquhar.


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