Talk:Riozinho River (Pium River tributary)

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There are numerous rivers in Brazil and there are many with the same name. Similarly named Brazilian rivers are generally disambiguated first by state and then by drainage. In other words, if there is more than one river with the same name, and in the same state, then the rivers they flow into are used as the modifiers to distinguish. For example see Riozinho River. For the river in Amazonas, "Amazonas" is used as the parenthetical disambiguator because that is the only river (with a page) by that name in Amazonas state. However there are two rivers by the name "Riozinho River" in the state of Tocantins. So these rivers are distinguished by the rivers they flow into: Riozinho River (Pium River) and Riozinho River (Braço Menor). In my recent experience, that's how it appears to have been done with virtually all Brazilian rivers and someone has done a fairly good job in implementing this system consistently. In this case however, there appears to possibly be an error or at least a very confusing situation.

This scheme for this river suggests a river named "Riozinho" flows into a larger river named "Pium". However, according to the coordinates given for Pium River, the Riozinho does not flow into the Pium. The Pium River flows into to Riozinho River (the Pium is a tributary of the Riozinho) not the other way around as the naming scheme would suggest. The Riozinho is instead a tributary of the Javaés River, which is also known as the Braço Menor do Rio Araguaia.

Now here's where it just gets stupid...

The Riozinho River (Braço Menor) page is an article about a river named "Riozinho" that flows into a river named "Braço Menor", but this is a different river! It enters the Braco further upriver and from the left, while the Riozinho River (Pium River) is a "right" tributary. And one more kicker; While within one of the coordinates sites, I clicked on a "Javaés River" label and it pulled up "Pium Brazil"! Are the Javaés, the Braco Menor and the Pium all the same river? But yet the Riozinho River (Braço Menor) and the Riozinho River (Pium River) are different rivers? Think about that. Could it actually be that screwy? I give up! --DB1729 (talk) 01:28, 28 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

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