Cágado river

Rio Cágado
River
Country Brazil
state Minas Gerais
Source
 - location Serra da Mantiqueira, MG, Brazil
Mouth
 - location Rio Paraibuna, MG, Brazil
 - elevation 290 m (951 ft)
 - coordinates 22°1′44″S 43°7′54″W / 22.02889°S 43.13167°W / -22.02889; -43.13167Coordinates: 22°1′44″S 43°7′54″W / 22.02889°S 43.13167°W / -22.02889; -43.13167
Length 101 km (63 mi)

The Cágado (Turtle) is a river in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is a left bank tributary of the Rio Paraibuna and thus a sub-tributary of the Paraiba do Sul. It is 101 kilometres (63 mi) long and drains an area of 1,082 square kilometres (418 sq mi).

The river rises in the Serra da Mantiqueira in the town of Chácara and passes between Bicas and Juiz de Fora through to Pequeri, Guarará and Mar de Espanha to its mouth on the Rio Paraibuna between the cities of Santana do Deserto and Chiador.


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