The Jaraucu River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Xingu River.

Jaraucu River
Jaraucu River is located in Brazil
Jaraucu River
Native nameRio Jaraucu (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPará 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 systemXingu River

The river flows through the Tapajós-Xingu moist forests ecoregion.[1] 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.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Sears, Robin, Amazon Basin - Brazil (NT0168), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-20
  2. ^ RESEX Verde para Sempre (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-06