Chandless River
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Chandless River is a river of Acre
state in western Brazil
, named after the British explorer William Chandless
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Acre (state)
Acre is one of the 27 states of Brazil. It is situated in the southwest of the Northern Region, bordering Amazonas to the north, Rondônia to the east, Bolivia to the southeast and the Ucayali Region of Peru to the south and west. It occupies an area of 152,581.4 km2, being slightly smaller...
state in western Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, named after the British explorer William Chandless
William Chandless
William Chandless was a British explorer of the Amazon Basin in the 1860s. During this time he lived in Manaus from where he explored many of the Amazon River's southern tributaries and contacted various indigenous tribes...
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