Paraná do Urariá

River in Brazil
Paraná do Urariá is located in Brazil
Paraná do Urariá
LocationCountryBrazilPhysical characteristicsSource  • locationAmazonas Mouth 
 • coordinates
3°03′41″S 57°43′17″W / 3.061350°S 57.721263°W / -3.061350; -57.721263Length400 km (250 mi)[1]Basin size127,116 km2 (49,080 sq mi)[1]Discharge  • locationNear mouth, Amazonas • average4,804.4 m3/s (169,670 cu ft/s)[1] Basin featuresTributaries  • rightCanumã, Abacaxis, Maués Açu, Apoquitaua, Paraconi

The Paraná do Urariá is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a side channel that connects the Madeira River (via the short Paraná do Canumã) and Amazonas River (via Paraná do Ramos). The Maués Açu, Apoquitaua, Paraconi, Abacaxis and Canumã Rivers all flow into the Paraná do Urariá.

The 59,137 hectares (146,130 acres) Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2001, is on the left bank of the Paraná do Urariá.[2]

See also

  • List of rivers of Amazonas

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lower Amazon".
  2. ^ Silva, Michele Andreza P. da (August 2010), Plano Territorial de Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável (PDF) (in Portuguese), Amazonas: Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Manaus, p. 38, retrieved 2016-10-29
  • Brazilian Ministry of Transport


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