Meeting of Waters
The Meeting of Waters is the confluence of two or more rivers. The expression generally refers to the largest of these phenomena on Earth: the meeting between the dark Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored Amazon River, referred to as the Solimões River in Brazil upriver of this confluence.Manaus Hotels
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Meeting of Waters
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: river confluence in Brazil
- Category: confluence
- Location: Manaus, Amazonas, North, Brazil, South America
Latitude -3.1126° or 3° 6' 45.5" south | Longitude -59.8851° or 59° 53' 6.2" west |
Elevation 7 metres (23 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 206147977 |
GeoNames ID 9389387 |
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Also Known As
- Catalan: Trobada de les Aigües
- Cebuano: Meeting of Waters
- Czech: Encontro das Águas
- Dutch: Encontro das Águas
- English: Encontro das Águas
- English: Meeting of the waters
- Esperanto: Renkontiĝo de la akvoj
- Finnish: Encontro das Águas
- French: Rencontre des Eaux
- French: Rencontre des eaux
- French: rencontre des Eaux
- Galician: Encontro das Augas
- German: Encontro das Aguas
- Portuguese: Encontro das Águas
- Portuguese: Encontro das águas
- Spanish: Encuentro de las Aguas
- Swedish: Encontro das Águas
- Swedish: Meeting of Waters
In the Area
Localities
- Colonia Antonio AleixoSuburb
- CatalãoHamlet, 6 km southwest
- MauazinhoSuburb, 6 km west
- PuraquequaraSuburb, 7 km north
Landmarks
- Arena AmazoniaStadium, 12 km west
- Manaus Air Force BaseAirbase, 12 km west
- ManausPort, 15 km west
- Adolpho Ducke Forest ReserveForest reserve, 17 km north
Other Places
- Estrada do AleixoStreet, 5 km northwest
- Nova VitóriaResidential area, 7 km northwest
- Adrianopolis HotelHotel, 7 km northwest
- Grande VitóriaResidential area, 7 km northwest
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