Xapuri River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil. It forms small parts of the Brazil–Peru and Brazil–Bolivia international boundaries.
Xapuri River | |
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Native name | Rio Xapuri (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Acre state |
Mouth | |
• location | Xapuri |
• coordinates | 10°39′08″S 68°30′34″W / 10.652311°S 68.509419°W |
Basin features | |
River system | Acre River |
The river runs through the 931,537 hectares (2,301,880 acres) Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.[1] It joins the Acre River at Xapuri.
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References edit
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-04