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| '''Negro''' means ] in the ]. | '''Negro''' means ] in the ]. | ||
| The '''Negro River''', the great northern tributary of the ], has its sources along the watershed between the ] and the Amazon basins, and also connects with the Orinoco by way of the ]. Its main affluent is the ], which disputes with the headwaters of the ] branch of the Orinoco the drainage of the eastern slope of the "Oriental", ] of ]. | |||
| The Negro is navigable for 450 miles above its mouth for 4 feet of water in the dry season, but it has many sandbanks and minor difficulties. | |||
| In the wet season, it overflows the country far and wide, sometimes to a breadth of 20 miles, for long distances, and for 400 miles up, as far as ], is a succession of lagoons, full of long islands and intricate channels, and the slope of the country is so gentle that the river has almost no current. But just before reaching the ], there is a long series of reefs, over which it violently flows in cataracts, rapids and whirlpools. | |||
| The Uaupes is full of similar obstacles, some fifty rapids barring its navigation, although a long stretch of its upper course is said to be free from them, and to flow gently through a forested country. | |||
| Despite the impediments, canoes ascend this stream to the Andes. | |||
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| The term '''negro''' was formerly used to refer to ]ns and people with that heritage, such as ]s. In the mid ] it was considered the correct and proper term for African-Americans, but fell out of favor in the late 20th century. | The term '''negro''' was formerly used to refer to ]ns and people with that heritage, such as ]s. In the mid ] it was considered the correct and proper term for African-Americans, but fell out of favor in the late 20th century. | ||
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Negro means black in the Spanish language.
The term negro was formerly used to refer to Sub-Saharan Africans and people with that heritage, such as African Americans. In the mid 20th century it was considered the correct and proper term for African-Americans, but fell out of favor in the late 20th century.