Xie River (Brazil)

Xié River
Xie River (Brazil) is located in Brazil
Xie River (Brazil)
Mouth location in Brazil
Native nameRio Xié (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSão Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
 • coordinates1°20′53″N 67°32′26″W / 1.347973°N 67.540637°W / 1.347973; -67.540637
Mouth 
 • coordinates
0°55′22″N 67°12′04″W / 0.922874°N 67.201135°W / 0.922874; -67.201135
Basin features
River systemRio Negro

The Xié River (Portuguese: Rio Xié) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Rio Negro.

The river flows through the 7,999,000-hectare (19,770,000-acre) Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory, created in 1998.[1] The majority of the population of the Xié River are Baré and Werekena people.[2]

  1. ^ "Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro", Terras Indígenas no Brasil (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-03-04
  2. ^ "Baré", Povos Indígenas no Brasil (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-02-27

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