The Ipixuna River (Portuguese: Rio Ipixuna) or Paranápixuna River[2] is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Purus River. The confluence of these two rivers is at Tapauá.
| Ipixuna River | |
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| Native name | Rio Ipixuna (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Tapauá, Amazonas |
• coordinates | 5°37′34″S 63°11′34″W / 5.625987°S 63.192708°W |
| Length | 370 kilometres (230 mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Purus River |
The Ipixuna River flows from south to north through the 881,704 hectares (2,178,740 acres) Tapauá State Forest, created in 2009, before joining the Purus river from the right at Tapauá.[3] The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches.[4] It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ziesler & Ardizzone 1979.
- ^ Mapa Rodoviário Amazonas. Ministério dos Transportes, 2002.
- ^ FES Tapauá – ISA.
- ^ Sears.
Sources
edit- FES Tapauá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
- Sears, Robin, Northern South America: Northwestern Brazil (NT0157), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-16
- Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979), "Amazon River System", The Inland waters of Latin America, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, ISBN 92-5-000780-9, archived from the original on 21 October 2013