| Jaraucu River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Jaraucu (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pará state |
| Mouth | |
| • location | Xingu River |
| • coordinates | 1°49′23″S 52°14′56″W / 1.823056°S 52.248889°W / -1.823056; -52.248889 |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Xingu River |
The Jaraucu River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Xingu River.
The river flows through the Tapajós-Xingu moist forests ecoregion. The river runs through the 1,288,720 hectares (3,184,500 acres) Verde para Sempre Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2004, before discharging into the Xingu.
See also
References
- Sears, Robin, Amazon Basin - Brazil (NT0168), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-20
- RESEX Verde para Sempre (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-06
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