Mutuacá River
| Mutuacá River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Pará |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Marajó island |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pará River |
• coordinates | 1°44′35″S 50°05′31″W / 1.743151°S 50.091880°W |
| Basin size | 247.46 km2 (95.54 mi2)[1] |
The Mutuacá River (Portuguese: Rio Mutuacá) is a river of Marajó, which itself is an island in the Amazon Delta. It is located in the state Pará in northern Brazil, and is a tributary to the Pará River.
The Mutuacá has its source in the flooded igapó forests on Marajó Island. It flows in south-eastern direction, entering the Pará River in a bay called Baía das Bocas. Two river channels called furos connect the Mutuacá to the Guajará River. They surround an area that is called Mutuacá Island.[2]
The river runs through part 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lisboa, P.L.B. (2012). A Terra dos Aruã: Uma história ecológica do arquipelágo do Marajó. Belém: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Terra Grande-Pracuúba (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-29
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