Xingu River
tributary river of the Amazon River in South America
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Summary
Xingu River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,126 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brazil[3]
- Country: Brazil[4]
- Commons category: Xingu River[5]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Amazon[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Xingu River[7]
- Commons gallery: Xingu River[8]
- Tributary: Iriri River[9], Culuene River[10], Acarai River[11], Jaraucu River[12], Suia Missu River[13]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18]
- Native label: Rio Xingu[19]
- Length: 1640 km[20]
- Watershed area: 513,000 km²[21]
- Discharge: 9680 cubic metre per second[22]
- Drainage basin: Amazon basin[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Museum of Archeology and Ethnology of USP[24]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Xingu River include Xingu[25], a film[26], directed by Cao Hamburger[27].
Why It Matters
Xingu River has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for it include Xingu[25], a film[26], directed by Cao Hamburger[27].