Meriti River

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Meriti River
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Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMaciço da Pedra Branca, Rio de Janeiro
Mouth 
 • location
Guanabara Bay
 • coordinates
22°48′17″S 43°16′32″W / 22.80472°S 43.27556°W / -22.80472; -43.27556Coordinates: 22°48′17″S 43°16′32″W / 22.80472°S 43.27556°W / -22.80472; -43.27556
Length25.8 km (16.0 mi)
Basin size167 km2 (64 sq mi)

The Meriti is a river in Rio de Janeiro state in south-eastern Brazil.

It separates the municipalities of Duque de Caxias and São João de Meriti (north) from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro (south). Its mouth is at Guanabara Bay.

The name is of Tupi origin and means "water of the buriti" (from mburi'ti ("buriti")[1] and 'y ("water")).[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ FERREIRA, A. B. H. Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. Segunda edição. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986. pp. 294, 1 140
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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