The Mucuim River (Portuguese: Rio Mucuim) is a river in Brazil, a tributary of the Purus River.
| Mucuim River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Mucuim (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Purus River |
• coordinates | 6°32′26″S 64°20′33″W / 6.540548°S 64.342590°W |
| Length | 350 kilometres (220 mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Purus River |
Course
editThe Mucuim river flows through the Mapinguari National Park, a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008.[2] To the north of the national park it is crossed by the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230), then runs through the Balata-Tufari National Forest before joining the Purus.[3] The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches.[4] It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus.
See also
editReferences
editSources
edit- Flona de Balata-Tufari Mapa Interativo (in Portuguese), ICMBio, archived from the original on 2016-08-17, retrieved 2016-06-03
- Sears, Robin, Northern South America: Northwestern Brazil (NT0157), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-16
- Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional Mapinguari (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-02
- 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 21 October 2013