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Jaguari River
Native name	Rio Jaguari (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	São Paulo state
Mouth
• location	Paraíba do Sul
• coordinates	23°10′26″S 45°54′49″W / 23.173893°S 45.913609°W / -23.173893; -45.913609

The Jaguari River (Portuguese: Rio Jaguari) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul.

The headwaters are protected by the 292,000 hectares (720,000 acres) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river. The 180,373 hectares (445,710 acres) Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area, created in 1997, also protects some of the headwaters.

See also

• List of rivers of São Paulo

Notes

1. Rio Jaguari (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2. Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-01
3. APA Fernão Dias (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-02

References

• "Mapa Rodoviário São Paulo (Roadmap of São Paulo)" (PDF). Brazilian Ministry of Transport. 2002.
• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.

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• Rivers of São Paulo (state)
• São Paulo (state) river stubs