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Alcântara River; Alcobaça River (Brazil) Da Aldeia River; Aldeia Velha River; Alegre River (Espírito Santo) Alegre River (Goiás) Alegre River (Maranhão) Alegre River (Mato Grosso) Alegre River (Paraná) Alegre River (Rio de Janeiro) Almada River; Das Almas River (Goiás) Das Almas River (Maranhão) Das Almas River (São Paulo) Das Almas ...
Rio Trombetas Biological Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Biológica do Rio Trombetas) is a federally-administered biological reserve in the municipality of Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil. It covers a large area of Amazon biome including rainforest, wetlands and water.
Kuthodaw pagoda, view from the middle enclosure (south) One of the stone inscriptions, originally in gold letters and borders, at Kuthodaw The pagoda itself was built as part of the traditional foundations of the new royal city which also included a pitakat taik or library for religious scriptures, but King Mindon wanted to leave a great work of merit for posterity meant to last five millennia ...
Copying the issaikyo, the Tripitaka, in particular is known to be an ambitious act, which requires the standard handwriting of 5400 scrolls to complete the canon. [ 4 ] During the late Heian period , the speculation of Mappo , the decline of the Dharma and thus Buddhist teaching, circulated widely in the Imperial Court .
The Meeting of Waters (Portuguese: Encontro das Águas) is the confluence between the dark Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored Amazon River, referred to as the Solimões River in Brazil upriver of this confluence. For 6 km (3.7 mi) the waters of the two rivers run side by side without mixing.
The Trombetas is 750 km (470 mi) long, and is navigable by 500 ton vessels for a stretch of 230 km (140 mi). The Trombetas river gives birth to very many rivers, including the Anamu river. It is formed by the junction of the Poana and Anuma rivers on the border between Brazil and Guyana. Where it meets the Paraná de Sapucuá it takes the name ...
The Teles Pires (Portuguese: Rio São Manuel) is a 1,370 km (850 mi) long river in Brazil. [1] The river flows through the state of Mato Grosso and its lower part marks the border between the states of Mato Grosso and Pará. At its mouth it joins Juruena River and together they form the Tapajós, which is one of the biggest tributaries of the ...
The Zhaocheng Jin Tripitaka (Chinese: 趙城金藏) is a Chinese copy of the Buddhist canon dating from the Jin dynasty (1115–1234). The Jin Tripitaka was originally created at the Tianning Temple in Shanxi province around 1149, funded by donations from a woman named Cui Fazhen and her followers. [ 1 ]