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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 ...
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 ...
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Print blocks of the Tripitaka Koreana A woodblock of the Tripiṭaka Koreana in Haeinsa, Hapcheon, South Korea Main article: Chinese Buddhist canon The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the Tripiṭaka collection maintained by the East Asian Buddhist tradition .
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 Orinduik Falls lie on the Ireng River, a highland river that thunders over steps and terraces of red jasper on the border of Guyana and Brazil before merging with the Takutu River and into Brazil to join the Amazon River. The falls are situated amid the rolling, grass-covered hills of the Pakaraima Mountains. Orinduik Falls is a wide, multi ...