The Piriá River (Portuguese: Rio Piriá) is a river in the extreme east of the state of Pará, Brazil.
Piriá River | |
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Native name | Rio Piriá (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Nova Esperança do Piriá |
• coordinates | 2°28′20″S 47°05′08″W / 2.472190°S 47.085569°W |
Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean |
• coordinates | 1°01′18″S 46°12′01″W / 1.021749°S 46.200151°W |
The river rises in the municipality of Nova Esperança do Piriá, and flows past the municipal seat of Nova Esperança do Piriá. It flows in a generally northeast direction. The lower reaches of the river before it enters the Atlantic Ocean are protected by the Gurupi-Piriá Marine Extractive Reserve.[1]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ RESEX Marinha de Gurupi-Piriá – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
Sources
edit- RESEX Marinha de Gurupi-Piriá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-12