Tarauacá River

Tarauacá River
Tarauacá River (Brazil)
Native name Rio Tarauacá
Country Brazil
Basin
Main source Acre state
River mouth Juruá River, Amazonas state
6°41′43″S 69°45′52″W / 6.695257°S 69.764563°W / -6.695257; -69.764563 (Mouth of Tarauacá River)Coordinates: 6°41′43″S 69°45′52″W / 6.695257°S 69.764563°W / -6.695257; -69.764563 (Mouth of Tarauacá River)
River system Juruá River
Features
Tributaries

Tarauacá River (Portuguese: Rio Tarauacá is a river of Amazonas and Acre states in western Brazil. The Rio Tarauacá is a tributary of the Juruá River, which itself flows into the Amazon.

Course

The headwaters of the Tarauacá are located near the Brazilian frontier with Peru. It is upper reaches it flows from south to north through the Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve, created in 2000.[1] The Brazilian city of Tarauacá lies along the banks of the Tarauacá further north.

See also

References

  1. ↑ RESEX do Alto Tarauacá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-07


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