The Maicuru River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon that discharges into that river via the Lago Grande de Monte Alegre.

Maicuru River
Maicuru River is located in Brazil
Maicuru River
Native nameRio Maicuru (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTumucumaque Mountains National Park, Guyana Shield
 • coordinates0°2′23.2728″S 54°36′9.486″W / 0.039798000°S 54.60263500°W / -0.039798000; -54.60263500
 • elevation331 m (1,086 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Monte Alegre, Pará
 • coordinates
2°0′16.6536″S 54°2′9.4344″W / 2.004626000°S 54.035954000°W / -2.004626000; -54.035954000
 • elevation
3 m (9.8 ft)
Length547 km (340 mi)[1] to 610 km (380 mi)[2]
Basin size21,917 km2 (8,462 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationMonte Alegre (near mouth)
 • average240 m3/s (8,500 cu ft/s)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationArapari, Pará (basin size: 17,072 km2 (6,592 sq mi)
 • average(Period: 01/01/1997-27/02/2014) 127.2518 m3/s (4,493.85 cu ft/s)[4]
Basin features
River systemAmazon River
Tributaries 
 • leftIgarapé do Barreirinha, Igarapé Jangada, Igarapé Ipixuna, Igarapé 23, Igarapé Fartura, Igarapé Açu
 • rightIgarapé Santa Maria

The river basin lies partly within the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[5] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.[6] The river is also fed by streams in the 216,601 hectares (535,230 acres) Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Emilio, Mayorga; Miles G., Longsdon; Maria Victoria, R. Ballester; Jeffrey E., Richey (2005). "Estimating cell-to-cell land surface drainage paths from digital channel networks, with an application to the Amazon basin". Journal of Hydrology. 315 (1–4): 167–182. doi:10.1016/J.JHYDROL.2005.03.023. S2CID 8107631.
  2. ^ 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 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ HYDROLOGIE DU BASSIN AMAZONIEN (PDF). 1997. ISBN 2-7011-1532-9.
  4. ^ Jamie, Towner (2019). "Assessing the performance of global hydrological models for capturing peak river flows in the Amazon basin" (PDF).
  5. ^ Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), archived from the original on 2020-09-26, retrieved 2016-05-12
  6. ^ Plano de Manejo da Reserva Biológica Maicuru Resumo Executivo (PDF), Belém: SEMA: Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente, May 2011, p. 8, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-20, retrieved 2016-05-14
  7. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Mulata (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-01