Águas Mornas

Águas Mornas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina.

Águas Mornas
municipality
Church of Águas Mornas and town square Evaldo Carlos Lehmkuhl
Flag
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Location of Águas Mornas
Águas Mornas
Location of Águas Mornas
Coordinates: 27°41′38″S 48°49′26″W
Country Brazil
RegionSouth
State Santa Catarina
FoundedDecember 29, 1961
Government
 • MayorElmar Antônio Thiesen (PFL)
Area
 • Total360.757 km2 (139.289 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total6,559
 • Density12.4/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2000)0.783
Websitewww.aguasmornas.sc.gov.br

The municipality contains part of the Rio das Lontras Private Natural Heritage Reserve, a fully protected area of montane rainforest in the Atlantic Forest biome.[2] It also contains part of the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a protected area created in 1975. The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the Vargem do Braço, Cubatão and D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region.[3]

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. RPPN Reserve Ecologica Rio das Lontras (in Portuguese), Associação dos Proprietários de Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural de Santa Catarina, retrieved 2016-05-18
  3. Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11


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