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Satellite image of the confluence of the silt-laden SolimÔes River (in blue) with the Negro River. The city of Manaus is visible on the northern (upper) bank.
Satellite image of the confluence of the silt-laden SolimÔes River (in blue) with the Negro River. The city of Manaus is visible on the northern (upper) bank.

SolimÔes River

river, Brazil
Also known as: Rio SolimÔes
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SolimĂ”es River, the section of the upper Amazon River in Amazonas estado (state), northwestern Brazil. The SolimĂ”es flows from the Brazilian-Peruvian border on the west to its confluence with the Negro River near Manaus. The junction is known as the “meeting of waters,” where the muddy, brown-coloured SolimĂ”es waters meet the black Negro waters to form the Amazon River. Islands covered with tropical rainforest separate the maze of channels that constitute the river. The SolimĂ”es River flows for about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) through a floodplain about 50 miles (80 km) wide.

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