Pira Paraná River

The Pira Paraná River is a river of the Vaupés Department, Colombia. It is a tributary of the Apaporis River.

Pira Paraná River
Mouth location in Colombia
Native nameRio Pira Paraná  (Portuguese)
Location
CountryColombia
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
  coordinates
0°25′57″S 70°15′12″W
Basin features
River systemApaporis River

People of the Eastern Tucano language group live along the river.[1]

The main figure of the "Rock of Nyi", a group of several rocks with some petroglyphs standing near by the Equator, got a graffiti in the 1970s by a Protestant missionary.[2]

See also

References

  1. "O Alto Rio Negro", Licenciatura Indígena (in Portuguese), retrieved 2017-03-04
  2. "The Photographic Journey of Richard Evans Schultes".
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