Acari River (Amazonas)

Acari River (Portuguese: Rio Acari) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.

Acari River
Acari River (Amazonas) is located in Brazil
Acari River (Amazonas)
Native nameRio Acari (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAmazonas state
Mouth 
 • coordinates
5°16′56″S 59°40′54″W / 5.282220°S 59.681626°W / -5.282220; -59.681626
Basin features
River systemCanumã River

Course

edit

The river flows through the 896,411 hectares (2,215,080 acres) Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office.[1] It defines the eastern boundary of the 589,611 hectares (1,456,960 acres) Juma Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006.[2] It joins the Sucunduri River from the left, and the downstream section is known as the Canumã River.

See also

edit

References

edit

Sources

edit
  • PARNA do Acari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-12
  • Viana, Virgilio (March 2010), Plano de Gestão da RDS do Juma (PDF) (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-06-15[permanent dead link]