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Title of the article

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The Portuguese name "Encontro das Águas" was translated literally as "The Meeting of the Waters". I think this is not the best translation nor title. First, as the Portuguese article, it should not have "The" in front, it is not Wiki style. Second, a best word for translating "encontro" in this context is "rendezvous", so I do think the article should be rename as Rendezvous of waters. Just Google and see this is the most common translation[1] so by Wiki rules, the article name should be changed. Alternatively, there is merit to keep the original Portuguese name Encontro das Águas, as it is used as shown by Google,[2][3][4]. Many tour agencies use the Portuguese name in English publicity.--Mariordo (talk) 16:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Water chemistry

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It would be good to include this table from the article Blackwater river:

Table 1: Mean ionic composition, specific conductivity (μS/cm), and pH in Amazon waters.[1]
Solimões or Amazon River – whitewater. Rio Negro – blackwater.
Na (mg/L) 2.3 ± 0.8 0.380 ± 0.124
K (mg/L) 0.9 ± 0.2 0.327 ± 0.107
Mg (mg/L) 1.1 ± 0.2 0.114 ± 0.035
Ca (mg/L) 7.2 ± 1.6 0.212 ± 0.066
Cl (mg/L) 3.1 ± 2.1 1.7 ± 0.7
Si (mg/L) 4.0 ± 0.9 2.0 ± 0.5
Sr (μg/L) 37.8 ± 8.8 3.6 ± 1.0
Ba (μg/L) 22.7 ± 5.9 8.1 ± 2.1
Al (μg/L) 44 ± 37 112 ± 29
Fe (μg/L) 109 ± 76 178 ± 58
Mn (μg/L) 5.9 ± 5.1 9.0 ± 2.4
Cu (μg/L) 2.4 ± 0.6 1.8 ± 0.5
Zn (μg/L) 3.2 ± 1.5 4.1 ± 1.8
Conductivity 57 ± 8 9 ± 2
pH 6.9 ± 0.4 5.1±0.6
Total P (μg/L) 105 ± 58 25 ± 17
Total C (mg/L) 13.5 ± 3.1 10.5 ± 1.3
HCO3-C (mg/L) 6.7 ± 0.8 1.7 ± 0.5

98.201.151.24 (talk) 23:42, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ J S B, Ribeiro; A J Darwich (1993). "Phytoplanktonic primary production of a fluvial island lake in the Central Amazon (Lago do Rei, Ilha do Careiro)". Amazoniana. 12 (3–4). Kiel: pp. 365–383. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)