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PARAHYBA DO SUL

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 760 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARAHYBA DO SUL , a See also:river of See also:Brazil, having its source on the See also:campos of Bocaina, on the See also:northern slope of the Serra do See also:Mar in the western See also:part of the See also:state of Sao Paulo, and flowing at first See also:south-See also:westerly and -then after a See also:horse-See also:shoe See also:curve in the vicinity of Jacarehy in a See also:general E.N.E. direction to the See also:Atlantic in See also:lat. 210 38' S. Its upper course for a distance of 8o m., or to the confluence of the Parahybuna, is known as the Parahytinga. The navigable channel from Sao Fidelis to the Atlantic is 54 M. See also:long, and the See also:total length of the river, including the Parabytinga, is 54o M. Its source is about 4920 ft. above See also:sea-level. The Parahyba passes through a fertile, long-settled See also:country, a part of which was for many years the See also:principal See also:coffee-producing region of Brazil. Its See also:lower cow-se passes through the See also:rich alluvial See also:sugar-producing See also:district of Campos. Among the towns on the Parahyba are Campos, Sao Fidelis, Parahyba do Sul, Juiz de Fora, See also:Barra do Pirahy (railway junction), Rezende, Queluz and Lorena.

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