Xingu Indigenous Park Xingu Indigenous Park The Xingu Indigenous Park (, pronounced ) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a national park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Its official purposes are to protect the environment and the several tribes of Xingu indigenous peoples in the area. The Xingu Indigenous Park is in the north east of the state of Mato Grosso, in the south of the Amazon biome. It covers , with savannah and drier semi-deciduous forests in the south transitioning to Amazon rain forest in the north. There is a rainy season from November to
Middle Fork American River Middle Fork American River The Middle Fork American River is one of the three main branches of the American River in Northern California. The river flows from its headwaters in the Sierra Nevada, in a generally southwest direction, to join the North Fork American River near Auburn. The main stem of the river begins along the Sierra Crest, on the south flank of Granite Chief near Squaw Valley Ski Resort west of Lake Tahoe. It flows west then southwest into French Meadows Reservoir, which is impounded by the L.L. Anderson Dam. Below the dam the Middle Fork enters a rugged