| Das Tropas River | |
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| Native name | Rio das Tropas (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pará state |
| Mouth | |
| • coordinates | 6°07′47″S 57°37′59″W / 6.129809°S 57.633164°W / -6.129809; -57.633164 |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Tapajós |
The Das Tropas River (Portuguese: Rio das Tropas) is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Tapajós River; the mouth is located on the eastern side of the Tapajós about 200 km (120 mi) after the Juruena–Teles Pires junction.
The river flows through the Itaituba I National Forest, a 220,639 hectares (545,210 acres) sustainable use conservation area established in 1998. The lower part of the river flows through the Mundurucu Indigenous Territory.
See also
References
- Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Itaituba I (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-29
- Melo, Juliana; Villanueva, Rosa Elisa (2008), Levantamento Etnoecológico MUNDURUKU Terra Indígena Munduruku (PDF), Brasília: FUNAI – Fundação Nacional do Índio / PPTAL – Projeto Integrado de Proteção às Populações e Terras Indígenas da Amazônia Legal / GTZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zussamenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, p. 21ff, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-15, retrieved 2017-02-14
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