Paranaíba River

The Paranaíba River is a Brazilian river whose source lies in the state of in the Mata da Corda mountains, municipality of Rio Paranaíba, at an altitude of 1,148 meters; on the other face of this mountain chain are the sources of the Abaeté river, tributary of the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Brazil
  • Also known as: Paranahiba”, “Paranaiba River”, “Parnahiba”, “Parnahyba”, “Rio Paranahyba”, and “Rio Paraniyba

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aparecida do Taboado.

Town
is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of . Its population was 26,069 and its area is 2,750 km2. is situated 4 km northwest of Paranaíba River.

Paranaíba River

Latitude
-20.11667° or 20° 7′ south
Longitude
-51.08333° or 51° 5′ west
Elevation
376 metres (1,234 feet)
Open location code
58FCVWM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
3455063
Wiki­data ID
Q776155
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Paranaíba River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر بارانايبا
  • Arabic: نهر بارانيبا
  • Asturian: Ríu Paranaíba
  • Azerbaijani: Paranaiba çayı
  • Basque: Paranaíba (ibaia)
  • Basque: Paranaíba
  • Bavarian: Rio Paranaíba
  • Bulgarian: Паранаиба (река)
  • Bulgarian: Паранаиба
  • Catalan: riu Paranaíba
  • Catalan: Riu Paranaíba
  • Cebuano: Rio Paranaíba
  • Chinese: 巴拉那伊巴河
  • Chuvash: Паранаиба
  • Czech: Paranaiba
  • Danish: Paranaíba
  • Dutch: Paranaíba
  • Esperanto: rivero Paranaibo
  • Estonian: Paranaíba jõgi
  • French: rio Paranaíba
  • French: Rio Paranaíba
  • German: Rio Paranaíba
  • Greek: Παραναΐμπα
  • Irish: Abhainn Paranaíba
  • Italian: Paranaíba
  • Japanese: パラナイバ川
  • Latin: Paranahyba
  • Lithuanian: Paranaiba
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Paranaíba
  • Norwegian: Paranaíba
  • Polish: Paranaiba
  • Portuguese: Rio Paranaíba
  • Russian: Паранаиба
  • Serbian: Паранаиба
  • Serbo-Croatian: Paranaiba
  • Spanish: Rio Paranaiba
  • Spanish: Río Paranaíba
  • Swedish: Rio Paranaíba
  • Turkish: Paranaíba Nehri
  • Welsh: Afon Paranaíba

Localities in the Area

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