Pinheiros River
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Pinheiros River | |
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Native name | Rio Pinheiros (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | São Paulo city, São Paulo state |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | confluence of the Guarapiranga River and the , São Paulo city |
Mouth | |
• location | Rio Tietê, São Paulo city |
Length | 25 km (16 mi) |
The Pinheiros River (Portuguese: Rio Pinheiros[1]) is a most rectified inverted polluted water original sinuous course, today tributary of the Tietê River that runs 25 kilometres (16 mi) through the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Until 1920, the river was together the river Jurubatuba, a complex hydrography, most now disappeared. After being channelized and its direction inverted with Pumps at the called Usina da Traição, remained only as Pinheiros. In southern São Paulo the Pinheiros River is impounded in Billings Reservoir to generate energy at Henry Borden Hydroelectric at Cubatão.
See also[]
Coordinates: 23°31′36″S 46°45′0″W / 23.52667°S 46.75000°W[2]
References[]
- ^ Rio Pinheiros at GEOnet Names Server
- ^ GNS coordinates adjusted using Google Maps and GeoLocator
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Categories:
- Rivers of São Paulo (state)
- Tributaries of the Tietê
- São Paulo (state) river stubs