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The second group is the Vertentes (or watershed), extending 

 approximately from east to west, and passing into Goyaz. 



The group of the Serra do Espinhago includes four ranges 

 and fourteen series of ramifications of mountains. Speaking 

 broadly, it starts on the boundary of Sao Paolo, thence passing 

 towards Barbacena, near which it is joined by the Vertentes 

 group ; it divides the tributaries of the Parahyba do Sul from 

 those of the Rio Grande, whence, running north, it is the great 

 boundary between the Sao Francisco, whose tributaries flow off 

 to the west, and the Rios Doce, Jequitinhonha, and Pardo, which, 

 flowing east, pass into Espirito Santo and Bahia. 



The group of the Serra dos Vertentes includes four ranges and 

 eleven series of ramifications. This group is the great divide, 

 separating all the waters flowing west or south into the Parana 

 from the rivers going east or north into the Sao Francisco. 



The province is watered by seven principal rivers Sao Fran- 

 cisco, Parana or Rio Grande, Doce, Jequitinhonha, Parahyba, 

 Pardo, and Mucury. 



According to Gerber, the following is the distribution of the 

 watersheds of the province. 



sq. leguas. sq. kilom. 



Sao Francisco 8,800 ... 390,984. 



Parana or Rio Grande 4,900 ... 217,707 



Parahyba 700 ... 31,101 



Itabapoana 80 ... 3,554 



Doce 2,300 ... 102,189 



S. Matheus 100 ... 4,443 



Mucury 400 ... 17,772 



Different rivers emptying into the sea between 



Porto Seguro and Porto Alegro 100 ... 4,443 



Jequitinhonha 2,200 ... 97,746 



Pardo 420 ... 18,661 



20,000 ... 888,600 



The Rio Grande or Parana" is one of the confluents of the 

 River Plate. After a course of 205 leagues from its source, it is 

 joined by the Paranahyba, taking then the name of Parana. 



It is not navigable for a great part of its course, owing to 

 rapids. 



The Rio Sao Francisco is the third longest river in Brazil, and 



