The Alpercatas River is a river of Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Itapecuru River.
Alpercatas River | |
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Native name | Rio Alpercatas (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Maranhão state |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 6°01′47″S 44°18′42″W / 6.029736°S 44.311702°W |
Basin features | |
River system | Itapecuru River |
Some of the headwaters of the river are protected by the 437,000 hectares (1,080,000 acres) Mirador State Park, created in 1980.[1]
See also
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edit- ^ PES de Mirador (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-04