The Casca River (Portuguese: Rio Casca) is a river of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is a tributary of the Roncador River.
| Casca River | |
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| Native name | Rio Casca (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Chapada dos Guimarães, MT |
• coordinates | 15°05′03″S 55°29′38″W / 15.084140°S 55.494006°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Roncador River |
Course edit
The Casca River runs through the Rio da Casca Ecological Station from south to north. Further north the Casca river is dammed for the Casca Hydroelectric Plant. Still further north it joins the Roncador River in an arm of the Manso Dam.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ ESEC do Rio da Casca – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
Sources edit
- ESEC do Rio da Casca (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-18