Caroaebe River

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Coordinates: 01°02′N 59°55′W / 1.033°N 59.917°W / 1.033; -59.917
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Caroaebe River
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationRoraima state

The Caroaebe River (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the

the equator
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Geography

The headwaters are at approximately 00°55′N 59°45′W / 0.917°N 59.750°W / 0.917; -59.750 between the towns of

BR-210. The river flows westward to approximately 01°10′N 60°05′W / 1.167°N 60.083°W / 1.167; -60.083 where it merges with the larger Anauá River, just prior to the Majada waterfall which is to the north of São Luiz.[1]

Ecology

Along the river, biologists have studied species of black flies (Simulium guianense and Simulium litobranchium, see Simulium) which carry a parasite that causes river-blindness.[2]

See also

References

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  2. PMID 24200838
    – via ResearchGate.
    ... [page 49]
    ITS-2 diagnosed intragenomic SNPs: SNP-485 (A/G). Sequence: Rib-GR2. Source specimen: S. guianense Roraima
    (Caro[a]ebe)#2....
    |author1-link= James L. Crainey }}

Notes

  1. ^ "Boa Vista e Roraima" (PDF). Serviço Geológico do Brazil (
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  2. ^
    doi:10.1600/036364411X553180
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    ...Brazil. Roraima: Caroebe River, 00°52′28″N 59°39′50″W / 0.87444°N 59.66389°W / 0.87444; -59.66389, 13 Oct[ober] 2008 (1), Bove et al 1971 (R, WCSU), HM470282-HM470469; ...1972 (R, WCSU), HM470283-HM470470... Literature Cited...Bove 2006
  3. ^
    doi:10.1600/036364406779696022
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01°02′N 59°55′W / 1.033°N 59.917°W / 1.033; -59.917

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