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Rio Carnival
Rio Carnival (Carnaval do Rio) is Rio de Janeiro's pre-Lent festival of judged samba school parades at the Sambadrome and free street blocos. First contest 1932; Sambadrome 1984; 2027 parades February 5–13.
Rio Claro, São Paulo
Rio Claro (SP) is a municipality in central São Paulo state, Brazil, 162 km from the capital; 201,418 residents (2022 census), coffee-era history, diversified industry, DAAE-run water supply, and high sanitation scores.
Rio Coco UNESCO Global Geopark
Rio Coco UNESCO Global Geopark, in Madriz Department, northern Nicaragua, designated 16 July 2020, is Central America's first UNESCO Global Geopark, a 954 km2 territory of five municipalities known for Somoto Canyon.
Rio Conchos
Río Conchos: principal Mexican tributary of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo), rising in the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua; dammed at La Boquilla (1914), treaty-shared with the US, and a freshwater endemism hotspot.
Rio da Yung OG
Rio da Yung OG (Damario Donshay Horne-McCullough, born 1994) is a Flint, Michigan rapper of hookless Michigan punchline rap; served a 60-month federal sentence 2021-2024, then released RIO FREE, F.L.I.N.T., and The World Is Yours.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, capital of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil; founded 1565, national capital until 1960. Municipality of 6,211,223 people (2022) on 1,200.329 km², known for tourism, Carnival, beaches, and favelas such as Rocinha.
Rio de Janeiro (state)
Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil's second-largest state economy and former national capital (until 1960); capital Rio de Janeiro city; 16.06M people (2022), 43,750 km², oil-dependent economy, RRF fiscal crisis, Atlantic Forest biome.
Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, also known as Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian federal botanical garden and research institute founded in 1808 by Prince Regent D. João.
Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden
Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden (Jardim Zoológico do Rio de Janeiro, now BioParque do Rio): zoo at Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão. Successor to Brazil's first zoo (Vila Isabel, 1888); reopened cage-free in 2021 with 1,000+ animals of 140 species under Grupo Cataratas concession.
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea, a 2012 UNESCO World Heritage serial cultural landscape (criteria v, vi), the first urban cultural landscape, spanning Tijuca forest, Sugar Loaf, Corcovado, and Copacabana.
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, also named for Antônio Carlos Jobim, is Brazil's second-largest international hub. Opened in 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, it has been operated by Spain's Aena since 2026.
Río de la Plata
Río de la Plata (River Plate): funnel-shaped microtidal estuary between Argentina and Uruguay, 300 km long and up to 220 km wide, draining the Paraná and Uruguay rivers into the South Atlantic; one of the world's most turbid estuaries.
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: 27-principle non-binding UN text adopted 14 June 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, building on the 1972 Stockholm Declaration; key texts include anthropocentric Principle 1, sovereignty-tempering Principle 2, and participation Principle 10.
Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand (born 1978, Peckham, London) is an English former centre-back who starred for West Ham, Leeds and Manchester United, won six Premier League titles and the 2008 Champions League, and earned 81 England caps from 1997 to 2011.
Rio Grande
Rio Grande, or Río Bravo del Norte, is a major North American river rising in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, flowing about 1,900 miles to the Gulf of Mexico and forming the US-Mexico border from El Paso to the Gulf.
Rio Grande (1950 film)
Rio Grande (1950) is John Ford's black-and-white cavalry Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, the third film of Ford's cavalry trilogy, made for Republic Pictures as part of a deal to finance The Quiet Man.
Rio Grande diversion canals
The Rio Grande diversion canals are irrigation canals in New Mexico and west Texas, belonging to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the federal Rio Grande Project.
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte (RN), potiguar, a Brazilian state at the continent's northeastern corner, capital Natal; 3.3 million people (2022 census), 52,809.6 km², half of Brazil's wind farms, salt and cotton history, HDI 0.731.
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state with capital Porto Alegre, spans 281,707 km², holds 10.88 million people (2022 census), covers the Pampa and Atlantic Forest biomes, and suffered record 2024 floods.
Rio Grande LNG
Rio Grande LNG is a natural gas export facility under construction at the Port of Brownsville, south Texas, developed by NextDecade, with first LNG expected in 2027.
Rio Grande Mud
Rio Grande Mud is ZZ Top's second studio album, released 4 April 1972 on London Records. Recorded in Tyler, Texas, produced by Bill Ham, it yielded the single "Francine" (No. 69 Billboard Hot 100) and peaked at No. 104 on the Billboard 200.
Rio Grande Project
The Rio Grande Project, also called the Rio Grande Reclamation Project, is a US Bureau of Reclamation irrigation and power project on the Rio Grande in New Mexico and west Texas.
Rio Grande Rift
The Rio Grande rift is a north-south continental rift where the crust has stretched in east-west extension, running from central Colorado through New Mexico into west Texas and northern Mexico.
Rio Grande Rise
Rio Grande Rise: large submerged volcanic plateau in the SW Atlantic, ~1,000-1,200 km off Brazil, conjugate of the Walvis Ridge, formed by 30+ Myr of Tristan-Gough plume-ridge interaction, with ferromanganese crusts of critical minerals.
Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Rio Grande Valley Vipers, NBA G League team in Edinburg, Texas, Houston Rockets affiliate since 2009-10; founded 2007, four G League titles (2010, 2013, 2019, 2022), play at Bert Ogden Arena.
Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, founded in 1737 by José da Silva Paes and regarded as the oldest city in the state.
Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego
Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego: Argentine city and autonomous municipality on the northeast coast of Isla Grande, founded 11 July 1921; industrial capital under Ley 19.640, about 99,000 inhabitants, trout-fishing and Malvinas vigil capital.
Rio Haryanto
Rio Haryanto (born 1993, Surakarta) is an Indonesian racing driver, the first Indonesian in Formula One, racing 12 Grands Prix for Manor Racing in 2016 with 0 points before losing the seat to Esteban Ocon when Pertamina funding ended.
Rio Juruá
Rio Juruá: a ~3,500 km meandering tributary of the Solimões (Amazon) River in western Brazil, and Ramsar Site no. 2362 (designated 29 September 2018, 2,136,489 ha), a várzea floodplain with 392 fish species, threatened mammals, and community-managed pirarucu fisheries.
Rio Kapatchez
Rio Kapatchez is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance (site 573, designated 18 November 1992) at the Kapatchez river estuary in Boké, Guinea, covering 679,280 ha of mangroves, mudflats, and marshes near Kamsar.