Maicuru River

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Maicuru River
Maicuru River is located in Brazil
Maicuru River
Native nameRio Maicuru  (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Monte Alegre, Pará
 • coordinates
2°06′49″S 54°08′58″W / 2.113549°S 54.149457°W / -2.113549; -54.149457Coordinates: 2°06′49″S 54°08′58″W / 2.113549°S 54.149457°W / -2.113549; -54.149457
Length610[1]
Basin features
River systemAmazon River

The Maicuru River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon that discharges into that river via the Lago Grande de Monte Alegre.

The river basin lies partly within the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[2] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.[3] The river is also fed by streams in the 216,601 hectares (535,230 acres) Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
  2. ^ Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), retrieved 2016-05-12
  3. ^ Plano de Manejo da Reserva Biológica Maicuru Resumo Executivo (PDF), Belém: SEMA: Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente, May 2011, p. 8, retrieved 2016-05-14
  4. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Mulata (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-01


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