Paru River
The Paru River is a northern tributary of the lower Amazon in Pará state in north-central Brazil.
Paru River | |
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![]() Amazon Basin with Paru River in the northeast | |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
State | Pará |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Amazon River |
• location | near the city of Almeirim, Pará, Brazil |
Length | 710 km (440 mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Citaré River |
The river flows through the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion.[2] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.[3]
In popular culture
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The Panama waterfalls on the Paru River
The seventh track of the album Aguas da Amazonia is named after the river.
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.
- Sears, Robin, Northern South America: Northeastern Brazil, into southern Guyana and Suriname (NT0173), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-31
- 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
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