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River in Brazil
Acurauá River
Acurauá River is located in BrazilAcurauá River
Native nameRio Acurauá (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAcre state
Mouth 
 • locationTarauacá River, Envira
 • coordinates7°40′55″S 70°34′34″W / 7.681926°S 70.575988°W / -7.681926; -70.575988
Basin features
River systemTarauacá River

The Acurauá River (Portuguese: Rio Acurauá is a river of Acre and Amazonas states in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Tarauacá River.

Course

The river rises in the west of the state of Acre and runs in a northeast direction. After being crossed by the BR-364 highway it forms the eastern boundary of the 216,062 hectares (533,900 acres) Rio Gregório State Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2004. It then crosses into Amazonas state, where it joins the Tarauacá.

See also

References

  1. FES do Rio Gregório (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-01


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