The Salitre River is a river of Bahia state in eastern Brazil. It is a right tributary of the São Francisco River.

Salitre River
Salitre River is located in Brazil
Salitre River
Mouth location in Brazil
Native nameRio Salitre (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBahia state
Mouth 
 • coordinates
9°28′46″S 40°39′17″W / 9.479343°S 40.654856°W / -9.479343; -40.654856
Basin features
River systemSão Francisco River

The river basin includes part of the 46,000 hectares (110,000 acres) Morro do Chapéu State Park, created in 1998.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Calheiros, Celso (11 April 2012), "Energia eólica entra em choque com a conservação na Bahia", O Eco (in Portuguese), retrieved 2017-01-22