Guajará River (Marajó)
| Guajará River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Pará |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pará River |
• coordinates | 1°45′15″S 50°16′08″W / 1.754278°S 50.268925°W |
The Guajará River (Portuguese: Rio Guajará) is a river of Marajó, which itself is an island in the Amazon Delta. It is located in the state Pará in northern Brazil.
Course
The river has its source in the forests in the interior of Breves municipality. It flows in a southerly direction, and passes by a number of islands before it reaches a bay called Baía das Bocas in the Pará River. It is connected through river channels called furos with the Mutuacá River and the Curuacá River.[1] Geological processes have slightly elevated the terrain between the Guajará and the Mucutá River.[2]
The Guajará River is one of the main rivers of the 194,868 hectares (481,530 acres) Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Lisboa, P.L.B. (2012). A Terra dos Aruã: Uma história ecológica do arquipelágo do Marajó. Belém: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
- ^ Mantelli, L.R.; Rossetti, D.F. (2009). "Significado tectônico de lineamentos de drenagem no sudoeste da ilha do Marajó". Brazilian Journal of Geology. 39 (1): 42–54.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Terra Grande-Pracuúba (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-29
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