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... Serra Itatiaia , over 10,000 feet in elevation . Forests cover a great portion of the interior , and the mineral wealth , especially in gold and diamonds , is very remarkable . The population is put down at 11,000,000 , including ...
... Serra Itatiaia , over 10,000 feet in elevation . Forests cover a great portion of the interior , and the mineral wealth , especially in gold and diamonds , is very remarkable . The population is put down at 11,000,000 , including ...
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... Serra Geral , running east and west , all the northern half being high and mountainous , the southern low but undulating . The Serra Geral is sometimes called Serra do Mir , and all the other ranges , Serra Herval , Tapes , Pinhal , San ...
... Serra Geral , running east and west , all the northern half being high and mountainous , the southern low but undulating . The Serra Geral is sometimes called Serra do Mir , and all the other ranges , Serra Herval , Tapes , Pinhal , San ...
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... Serra Geral , waters the towns of Cachoeira , Rio Pardo , Santo Amaro , Triumfo and San Jeronimo , and debouches in front of Port Alegre : it has often a width of 700 feet , and the current sometimes runs up to five miles an hour . It ...
... Serra Geral , waters the towns of Cachoeira , Rio Pardo , Santo Amaro , Triumfo and San Jeronimo , and debouches in front of Port Alegre : it has often a width of 700 feet , and the current sometimes runs up to five miles an hour . It ...
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... Serra , and runs 120 miles , being navigable for half that distance , from Port Alegre to Port Guimaraes ; one of its tributaries , the Cadea , has a waterfall of 730 feet perpendicular near the Herval colonies , and is navigable some ...
... Serra , and runs 120 miles , being navigable for half that distance , from Port Alegre to Port Guimaraes ; one of its tributaries , the Cadea , has a waterfall of 730 feet perpendicular near the Herval colonies , and is navigable some ...
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... Serra Asseguā , near Bagč , and falls into Lake Mirim , after serving for frontier limit between Brazil and the Republic of Uruguay . Twenty miles from its mouth is the important town of Yaguaron . The Quarahim , or Cuareim , which ...
... Serra Asseguā , near Bagč , and falls into Lake Mirim , after serving for frontier limit between Brazil and the Republic of Uruguay . Twenty miles from its mouth is the important town of Yaguaron . The Quarahim , or Cuareim , which ...
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