Orinoco

How To Use Orinoco In A Sentence

• They have the same predilection for green stones (saussurite) which we observed among the Carib nations of the Orinoco. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
• The problem is that the glands of the toad secrete another chemical known as bufotenine, a compound that is found in a hallucinogenic snuff made from a plant by Indians of the upper Orinoco in Venezuela. The Serpent and the Rainbow
• If it really existed, the plains of the Lower Orinoco would communicate with those of the Amazon only by a very narrow land-strait, on the east of the mountainous country which surrounds the source of the Rio Negro: but it is more probable that this mountainous country (a small system of mountains, geognostically dependent on the Sierra Parime) forms as it were an island in the Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
• The saimiri, or titi of the Orinoco, the atele, the sajou, and other quadrumanous animals long known in Europe, form a striking contrast, both in their gait and habits, with the macavahu, called by the missionaries viudita, or widow in mourning. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
• Pro-Ciénaga reports 114 fish and 98 mollusks, making this the third most important source of the country's fishing and hydrobiological resources, after the basins of the Orinoco and Magdalena Rivers. Magdalena-Santa Marta mangroves
• Despite the controversy over back taxes or the increased royalty rate on syncrude projects (see above), existing Orinoco operators are also showing interest in expanding their projects in the area. Energy profile of Venezuela
• These streams are occupied on the south slope by a subset of the fish that characterize freshwater rivers in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, including cichlids and characins.
• It might be supposed that the amulets of saussurite found in the possession of the Indians of the Rio Negro, come from the Lower Maranon, while those that are received by the missions of the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Carony come from a country situated between the sources of the Essequibo and the Rio Branco. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
• The Orinoco wetlands are flooded grassland occurring in seven distinct patches, which are embedded in a mosaic of mangroves, swamp forest, moist forest, and llanos. Orinoco wetlands
• Those toiling under the vultures mutter to one another in Warao, an indigenous language spoken in the nearby delta where the Orinoco, one of the world's mightiest rivers, meets the Atlantic.