Large public works projects, including the dams here on the Madeira River, are envisioned as one of the best ways to stimulate growth.

Since the port opened in 1997, soy shipments on the Madeira River have quadrupled, to more than a million tons a year.

In 2011, six individuals were found in the Madeira River.

It was discovered less than 200 miles from Manaus, near the Madeira River.

In the southwest Amazon Basin, its eastern limit is around the Madeira River.

It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin.

The Madeira River rises and falls two months earlier than most of the rest of the Amazon.

A small range extension goes southeastwards into central Bolivia, which are also tributary areas to the Madeira River.

It is located south-east of Manaus, just west of the Madeira River.

The twin-engine plane was cruising high above the Madeira River, an hour out of Manaus.