The Pacajá River (Portuguese: Rio Pacajá) is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a tributary of the Pará River, a channel that connects the Amazon and Tocantins rivers to the south of Marajó island.
| Pacajá River | |
|---|---|
  Mouth location in Brazil | |
| Native name | Rio Pacajá (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pará state |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 1°59′59″S 50°51′17″W / 1.999585°S 50.854610°W |
| Length | 400 kilometres (250 mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Pará River |
The basin of the Pacajá River is in the Xingu–Tocantins–Araguaia moist forests ecoregion.[2]
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- Sears, Robin, Eastern Amazonian - Brazil (NT0180), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-22
- 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