Encontro Das Águas
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The Encontro Das Águas is a grouping of seven star systems located within the Amazonia Cluster. The subcluster includes six colonized systems and one country: the Federative Republic of Brazil. As a Legacy Nation, it shares strong direct historical, cultural, and linguistic ties to a nation that once existed on Earth.
Astrography
The Encontro Das Aguas is situated coreward-by-spinward of the Bolivar Sea and spinward of the Argentine Arm.
Translight Strings
There are a total of six charted translight strings connecting the seven star systems of the Econtro Das Aguas. Ilha De Vera Cruz is the subcluster's nexus, with five strings converging there.
| Star System | Astropolitics | Organizations | Settlement | Notes |
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| Ilda De Vera Cruz |  Brazil
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| Pindorama | Brazil
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| Quilombo | Brazil
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| Santos-Dumont | Brazil
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| Tiradentes | Brazil
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| Zumbi | Brazil
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| Encontro Das Aguas - Argentine Arm | Pantanal - Gran Chaco | |||
| Encontro Das Aguas - Amazonia Cluster | Pindorama - Catedral | |||
| Encontro Das Aguas - Bolivar Sea | Ilha De Vera Cruz - Vespucci | |||
| Quilombo - Panama | ||||
Etymology
Encontro das Águas (English: The Meeting of Waters) is named after the confluence of the Rio Negro and the Amazon River on Earth where blackwater of the Rio Negro and the whitewater of the Amazon River flowed for 6 kilometers without until visually mixing, and for around 60 kilometers before mixing entirely. It was, historically, a major tourist attraction in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
History
The Cold War
War of the Bolivar Sea
Conducted in the mid 23rd century, the War of the Bolivar Sea was an armed conflict fought between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Argentine Republic. The German Reich and Italian Social Republic supported the Argentine Republic in this conflict.