Maicuru River
The Maicuru River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon that discharges into that river via the Lago Grande de Monte Alegre.
| Maicuru River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Maicuru (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Monte Alegre, Pará |
• coordinates | 2.113549°S 54.149457°W |
| Length | 610[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Amazon River |
The river basin lies partly within the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[2] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.[3] The river is also fed by streams in the 216,601 hectares (535,230 acres) Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[4]
See also
References
- Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
- Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), retrieved 2016-05-12
- Plano de Manejo da Reserva Biológica Maicuru Resumo Executivo (PDF), Belém: SEMA: Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente, May 2011, p. 8, retrieved 2016-05-14
- Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Mulata (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-01
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