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The Chapada do Araripe, also known as the Serra do Araripe, is a chapada (plateau) in northeastern Brazil. The chapada forms the boundary of Ceará and Pernambuco states, and forms the watershed between the Jaguaribe River of Ceará, which flows northward into the Atlantic, and the much larger basin of the São Francisco River of Pernambuco and neighboring states, which drains eastward into the Atlantic. The Santana Formation, which is rich with fossils from the early Cretaceous, lies at the base of the chapada. The Araripe manakin (Antilophia bokermanni), a bird only described in 1998, is endemic to Chapada do Araripe.

Etymology

The word "Araripe" stems from the Tupi word ararype, meaning "macaw at the river" (arara, macaw + 'y, river + pe, at).[1]

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[it] Chapada do Araripe

La Chapada do Araripe, nota anche come Serra do Araripe, è un altopiano nel nord-est del Brasile. Segna il confine tra Ceará e Pernambuco e fa da spartiacque tra i fiumi Jaguaribe del Ceará e São Francisco del Pernambuco. La Formazione Santana, giacimento fossilifero ricco di fossili del Cretaceo, sorge alla base della chapada.

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