Curuaés River

Curuaés River
Curuaés River (Brazil)
Native name Rio Curuaés
Country Brazil
Basin
Main source Pará state
River mouth 7°24′45″S 54°47′12″W / 7.412502°S 54.786728°W / -7.412502; -54.786728Coordinates: 7°24′45″S 54°47′12″W / 7.412502°S 54.786728°W / -7.412502; -54.786728
River system Curuá River

The Curuaés River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Curuá River in the Xingu River basin.

The river rises in the 342,192 hectares (845,570 acres) Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005. It is one of the headwaters of the Xingu River.[1] It flows through the 724,965 hectares (1,791,430 acres) Altamira National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica Nascentes Serra do Cachimbo (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-27
  2. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional Altamira (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-29


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