Doce River

The Doce River is a river in southeast with a length of 853 kilometres. The river basin is economically important. In 2015, the collapse of a dam released highly contaminated water from mining into the river, causing an ecological disaster.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Minas Gerais & Espírito Santo, Brazil
  • Also known as: Rio Doce

Doce River

Latitude
-19.63907° or 19° 38′ 21″ south
Longitude
-39.81699° or 39° 49′ 1″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
59G2956M+96
Geo­Names ID
3464623
Wiki­data ID
Q1757394
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Doce River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر دوسي
  • Asturian: Ríu Doce
  • Azerbaijani: Riu-Dosi
  • Belarusian: Досі
  • Belarusian: Рыу-Досі
  • Breton: Rio Doce
  • Catalan: Doce
  • Cebuano: Rio Doce
  • Chinese: 多希河
  • Chinese: 多西河
  • Chuvash: Риу-Доси
  • Czech: Doce
  • Dutch: Doce
  • Esperanto: Dolĉa Rivero
  • French: rio Doce
  • French: Rio Doce
  • German: Doce
  • German: Rio Doce
  • Icelandic: Rio Doce
  • Ido: Fluvio Doce
  • Irish: Rio Doce
  • Italian: Rio Doce
  • Japanese: ドーセ川
  • Japanese: ドセ谷
  • Lithuanian: Dosė
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rio Doce
  • Norwegian: Doce
  • Polish: Doce
  • Polish: Rio Doce
  • Portuguese: Doce
  • Portuguese: Rio Doce
  • Russian: Риу-Доси
  • Slovenian: Doce
  • Slovenian: reka Doce
  • Slovenian: Rio Doce
  • Spanish: Rio Doce
  • Spanish: Río Doce
  • Swedish: Rio Doce
  • Turkish: Rio Doce
  • Ukrainian: Ріо-Досі
  • Uzbek: Doce daryosi

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