| Chapecó River | |
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| Native name | Rio Chapecó (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Santa Catarina state |
| Mouth | |
| • location | Uruguay River |
| • coordinates | 27°05′43″S 53°00′57″W / 27.095256°S 53.015777°W / -27.095256; -53.015777 |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Uruguay River |
The Chapecó River (Portuguese, Rio Chapecó) is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Uruguay River.
The river is fed by streams rising in the Araucárias National Park, a 12,841 hectares (31,730 acres) conservation unit created in 2005. Other headwaters rise in the 6,566 hectares (16,220 acres) Mata Preta Ecological Station, a fully protected area created in 2005. The river supplies water to the municipality of Abelardo Luz, Santa Caterina. The Chapecó River Falls are one of the main attractions of the region.
See also
References
- Rio Chapecó at GEOnet Names Server
- O Parque Nacional das Araucárias (in Portuguese), Apremavi: Associação de Preservação do Meio Ambiente e da Vida, archived from the original on 2016-03-07, retrieved 2016-04-29
- ESEC da Mata Preta (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-18
- "A Estação Ecológica da Mata Preta", Apremavi (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-07-18
- Map from Ministry of Transport
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