São Francisco River
The São Francisco River, known in English as the San Francisco River, is a large river in Brazil. With a length of 2,914 kilometres, it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Minas Gerais, Bahia, Pernambuco, Sergipe & Alagoas, Brazil
- Also known as: “Rio São Francisco”, “Rio Sao Francisco do Norte”, “Rio São Francisco do Norte”, and “São Francisco”
São Francisco River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Brazil, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“São Francisco River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rio São Francisco”
- Arabic: “ساو فرانسيسكو”
- Arabic: “نهر ساو فرانسيسكو”
- Armenian: “Սան Ֆրանցիսկու”
- Asturian: “Ríu São Francisco”
- Azerbaijani: “San-Fransisko çayı”
- Bashkir: “Сан-Франсиску”
- Basque: “Sao Francisco”
- Basque: “São Francisco”
- Belarusian: “Рака Сан-Франсіску”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Франсіску”
- Bengali: “সাঁও ফ্রাঁসিশকু নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “साओ फ़्रांसिस्को नदी”
- Bosnian: “São Francisco”
- Breton: “Stêr São Francisco”
- Bulgarian: “Сан Франсиску”
- Bulgarian: “Сао Франсиско”
- Bulgarian: “Сау Франсиску”
- Catalan: “Río São Francisco”
- Catalan: “Riu São Francisco”
- Catalan: “Velho Chico”
- Catalan: “Vell Chico”
- Cebuano: “Rio São Francisco”
- Chinese: “三藩河”
- Chinese: “圣弗朗西斯科河”
- Chinese: “聖弗朗西斯科河”
- Chinese: “聖法蘭西斯科河”
- Chuvash: “Сан-Франсиску”
- Croatian: “Sao Francisco”
- Croatian: “São Francisco”
- Czech: “Sao Francisco”
- Czech: “São Francisco”
- Danish: “Rio São Francisco”
- Danish: “Sao Francisco”
- Dutch: “De Sao Francisco rivier”
- Dutch: “De São Francisco rivier”
- Dutch: “Rio Sao Francisco”
- Dutch: “Rio São Francisco”
- Dutch: “São Francisco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ساو فرانسيسكو”
- Esperanto: “Rivero San-Francisko”
- Esperanto: “Rivero São Francisco”
- Fiji Hindi: “São Francisco Naddi”
- Fiji Hindi: “São Francisco NAddi”
- Finnish: “São Francisco”
- French: “Rio Sao Francisco”
- French: “rio São Francisco”
- French: “Rio São Francisco”
- Galician: “Río São Francisco”
- German: “Rio Sao Francisco”
- German: “Rio São Francisco”
- German: “Sao Francisco”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Σάο Φρανσίσκο”
- Greek: “Σάο Φρανσίσκο”
- Guarani: “Parapitĩnga”
- Hebrew: “נהר סאו פרנסיסקו”
- Hebrew: “סאו פרנסיסקו”
- Hebrew: “סאו פרנציסקו”
- Hebrew: “סאן פרנסיסקו”
- Hindi: “साओ फ़्रांसिस्को नदी”
- Ido: “Fluvio São Francisco”
- Indonesian: “Sungai São Francisco”
- Irish: “Abhainn São Francisco”
- Italian: “São Francisco”
- Japanese: “サン・フランシスコ川”
- Japanese: “サンフランシスコ川”
- Japanese: “老人”
- Kazakh: “Сан-Франсиску (өзен)”
- Kazakh: “Сан-Франсиску”
- Korean: “상프란시스쿠강”
- Latin: “Flumen Sancti Francisci”
- Latvian: “Sanfransisku”
- Latvian: “Sanfransišku”
- Lithuanian: “San Franciskas”
- Lithuanian: “San Fransiskas”
- Lithuanian: “San Fransisko upė”
- Macedonian: “Сао Франциско”
- Malagasy: “Rio São Francisco”
- Malayalam: “സാവോ ഫ്രാൻസിസ്കോ നദി”
- Malayalam: “റിയോ സാവോ ഫ്രാൻസിസ്കോ”
- Mazanderani: “سائو فرانسیسکو”
- Mingrelian: “სან-ფრანსისკუ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rio Sao Francisco”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rio São Francisco”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “São Francisco”
- Norwegian: “São Francisco”
- Nyanja: “Mtsinje wa São Francisco”
- Ossetian: “Сан-Франсиску”
- Panjabi: “ਸਾਓ ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸਿਸਕੋ ਦਰਿਆ”
- Persian: “رود سائو فرانسیسکو”
- Polish: “Sao Francisco”
- Polish: “São Francisco”
- Portuguese: “Opará”
- Portuguese: “Rio São Francisco”
- Portuguese: “Velho Chico”
- Romanian: “Fluviul São Francisco”
- Romanian: “São Francisco”
- Russian: “Сан-Франсиску”
- Santali: “ᱥᱟᱶ ᱯᱷᱨᱟᱱᱥᱤᱥᱠᱳ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ”
- Saterfriesisch: “Rio São Francisco”
- Serbian: “Sao Fransisko”
- Serbian: “Река Сао Франсиско”
- Serbian: “Сао Франсиско”
- Serbo-Croatian: “São Francisco”
- Slovenian: “reka São Francisco”
- Slovenian: “Rio São Francisco”
- Slovenian: “São Francisco”
- South Azerbaijani: “سائو فرانسیسکو چایی”
- Spanish: “Río San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Rio sao francisco”
- Spanish: “Rio São Francisco”
- Spanish: “Río sao francisco”
- Spanish: “Río São Francisco”
- Spanish: “Sao Francisco”
- Spanish: “São Francisco”
- Swahili: “Mto Sao Francisco”
- Swedish: “Rio São Francisco”
- Swedish: “São Francisco”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเซาฟรังซีสกู”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเซาฟรันซิสกู”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเซาฟรานซิสโก”
- Turkish: “São Francisco Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Франсиску”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Франсіску”
- Uzbek: “San Fransisko”
- Uzbek: “San-fransisku”
- Venetian: “San Francesco”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Sao Francisco”
- Vietnamese: “Sông São Francisco”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog São Francisco”
- Welsh: “Afon São Francisco”
- Welsh: “São Francisco”
- Wu Chinese: “圣弗朗西斯科河”
- Yue Chinese: “三藩河”
- “साओ फ़्रांसिस्को नदी”
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