A Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River.
1The journey up the Madeira River had no great interest.
2These are fierce and indomitable and hostile people, like the Araras of the Madeira River.
3We had no idea whatever what the distance would be between that point and the Madeira River.
4Itaquatiara was placed geographically on a most convenient site, opposite the mouth of the great Madeira River.
5Along the Madeira River, which passes through the town, boats panning illegally for gold are a common sight.
6There is no forecast for when construction of the Santo Antonio dam, also on the Madeira River, will resume.
7A naval expedition up the Amazon and Madeira rivers has brought back information valuable both for scientific and commercial purposes.
8He works on a large mining boat with a powerful tube which sucks sediment from the bottom of the Madeira River.
9A gold mining boat sits in the Madeira River in Rondonia state, Brazil on June 4, 2017.
10Dropping down, then, he swept into the valley of the Beni river, which joins the Madeira river, some distance beyond the Bolivian border.
11He left Tapirapoan on that day, and he reached the Madeira River on Christmas, December 25, of the same year, having descended the Gy-Parana.
12But how do you know that rippling sheet of water off there," swinging an arm to the south, "is the Madeira river?
13All the rubber which goes down the Madeira River has so far been conveyed to Manaos by a great detour, involving much expense and time.
14"Down in the Madeira river," laughed Ned, "and there's no knowing where she would have been by this time only for the-
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