The Mapuera River is a tributary of the Trombetas River in Pará state in north-central Brazil.
| Mapuera River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Mapuera (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pará |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 1°05′05″S 57°03′44″W / 1.084749°S 57.062211°W |
| Length | 340[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Trombetas 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]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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