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Pepiri-Guazu River

river in Argentina & Brazil

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 26, 2023
Entity authorityQ3432596 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Pepiri-Guazu River (Spanish Río Pepirí Guazú, Portuguese Rio Peperi Guaçu) is a river of Argentina and the Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil. Its course forms a short portion of the international border between Argentina and Brazil. It flows from north to south into the Uruguay River.

See also

List of rivers of Argentina

List of rivers of Santa Catarina

References

Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Pepiri-Guazu River” as river in Argentina & Brazil. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pepiri-Guazu, River and river.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pepiri-Guazu, River and river providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Pepiri-Guazu River”, the useful work is to connect “river in Argentina & Brazil” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 26, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q3432596. Authority coordinates are -27.167, -53.833. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Pepiri-Guazu River”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Pepiri-Guazu River primary sources, Pepiri-Guazu River archive and Pepiri-Guazu research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Pepiri-Guazu River”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Pepiri-Guazu River” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.