Rivers on the borders of Brazil
Throughout history, rivers have had different meanings and uses, ranging from the use of water to quench thirst to irrigation, navigation, or the transport of people and cargo. In addition to these various uses, rivers served as a support to define borders between national States. Their geopolitical...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE) |
| Repositorio: | Conhecer (Fortaleza) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.uece.br:article/8344 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/revistaconhecer/article/view/8344 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | geopolítica rios fronteiras Brasil geopolitics rivers borders Brazil ríos fronteras géopolitique fleuves frontières Brésil |
| Sumario: | Throughout history, rivers have had different meanings and uses, ranging from the use of water to quench thirst to irrigation, navigation, or the transport of people and cargo. In addition to these various uses, rivers served as a support to define borders between national States. Their geopolitical meaning arises when they cross national States or when the latter control their source or mouth, requiring agreements and treaties for their use. After the identification of bordering rivers, the next procedure of this study was to analyze the density of their course, the location of the source and mouth, the most frequent uses, and the role played by the Navy in the defense and safety of navigation. Finally, this article addresses the rivers from a geopolitical perspective, highlighting the many particular aspects of some rivers that are on the borders between Brazil and other countries and how they took a role in the process of delimiting the borders of Brazil. |
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