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unusual facts about Tocantins


Associação Atlética Alvorada

Associação Atlética Alvorada, commonly known as Alvorada, is a Brazilian football club based in Alvorada, Tocantins state.


2009 flu pandemic in Brazil

One in Santa Catarina, this contracted the flu inside the country and one in Tocantins and one in São Paulo.

On June 28, 36 more new cases were confirmed by the Minister of Health: 14 of them in São Paulo, 6 in Rio de Janeiro, 5 in Rio Grande do Sul, 5 in Distrito Federal, 3 in Pernambuco, 2 in Goiás and 1 in Tocantins.

On June 11, after the WHO elevate a pandemic the swine flu outbreak, the Minister of Health confirmed more 9 cases in the country: 2 in São Paulo, 1 in Rio de Janeiro, 2 in Santa Catarina, 3 in Minas Gerais and 1 in Tocantins.

On June 6, more 4 cases were confirmed, more two in São Paulo, more one in Rio de Janeiro and another in Tocantins.

Araguaia guerrilla

The movement's name came from the fact that its fighters were established on the banks of the Araguaia river, near the towns of São Geraldo, Pará and Xambioá, in northern Goiás (currently located in northern Tocantins, at a region popularly known as Bico do Papagaio (Parrot's Beak).

Colinas Esporte Clube

Colinas Esporte Clube, commonly known as Colinas, is a Brazilian football club based in Colinas do Tocantins, Tocantins state.

Dark-winged Trumpeter

There are some differences in the colour of the back and chest in the subspecies, and it has been suggested that these should be treated as separate species: P. viridis between the Madeira and Tapajós rivers, P. dextralis between the Tapajós and Tocantins rivers, and P. obscura east of the Tocantins.

Gurupi Esporte Clube

Gurupi Esporte Clube, commonly known as Gurupi, is a Brazilian football club based in Gurupi, Tocantins state.

Inia

In 2014, the population in the Araguaia-Tocantins basin was recognized to be an additional species, Inia araguaiaensis.

Intercap Esporte Clube

Intercap Esporte Clube, commonly known as Intercap, is a Brazilian football club based in Paraíso do Tocantins, Tocantins state.

Interporto Futebol Clube

Interporto Futebol Clube, commonly known as Interporto, is a Brazilian football club based in Porto Nacional, Tocantins state.

Kaburé Esporte Clube

Kaburé Esporte Clube, commonly known as Kaburé, is a Brazilian football club based in Colinas do Tocantins, Tocantins state.

River Tyrannulet

The rivers in the Amazon Basin, going upstream are the following: Amazon River, (Tocantins, Araguaia— east of the Xingu), Xingu River, Madeira, and Marañón-Ucayali, (in Amazonian Peru).

Slate-coloured Hawk

This corridor is about 700 km wide, and includes the confluence areas downstream of the major rivers: Rio Negro, Madeira, Tapajós, Xingu, and the outlet section of the Tocantins River in the southeast Basin's neighbouring river system, Araguaia-Tocantins.

Sport Club Guaraí

Sport Club Guaraí, commonly known as Guaraí, is a Brazilian football club based in Guaraí, Tocantins state.

Swallow-winged Puffbird

To the east-southeast, the range encompasses the Amazon's adjacent Tocantins-Araguaia River drainage as well as about 900 km eastward.

Tocantinópolis Esporte Clube

Tocantinópolis Esporte Clube, commonly known as Tocantinópolis, is a Brazilian football club based in Tocantinópolis, Tocantins state.

Tocantins Esporte Clube

Tocantins Esporte Clube, commonly known as Tocantins, is a Brazilian football club based in Imperatriz, Maranhão state.

White-tailed Cotinga

The White-tailed Cotinga's southeast Amazon Basin range encompasses the lower drainage, (about one third), of the Tocantins-Araguaia River system, and ends in the east at the Atlantic Ocean in the state of Maranhão.

Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher

The range of the Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is mainly in the southern Amazon Basin, and in the east limited by the Amazon River; in the southeast, its range extends eastward including Ilha de Marajo and the last downstream region of only the Tocantins River, of the Araguaia-Tocantins River system.

Yellow-throated Woodpecker

Besides the Amazon Basin it is found in the southeast basin in the adjoining Tocantins-Araguaia River drainage; on the east at the edge of its range there, it only occurs in the headwaters of the Tocantins, then recontinues at the joining of the Araguaia-Tocantins as it goes to the Atlantic Ocean.


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