The Auati-Paraná Canal (Portuguese: Canal Auati-Paraná) is a natural canal of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a distributary that leaves the Solimões River and joins the Japurá River.
| Auati-Paraná Canal | |
|---|---|
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| Native name | Canal Auati-Paraná (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Amazonas state, Solimões River |
| • coordinates | 2°32′31″S 67°22′32″W / 2.542059°S 67.375437°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Japurá River |
• coordinates | 1°50′08″S 65°42′30″W / 1.835417°S 65.708443°W |
Course
editThe Auati-Paraná, also called the Ati-Paraná or Ati-Paranã, is sometimes called a river, sometimes a paraná (channel) and sometimes a canal. The last term seems most appropriate, since the natural canal leaves one river and joins another.[1] The canal divides the lower western Amazon plateau to the north from the Amazon plain.[2] The canal forms the boundary between the 146,950 hectares (363,100 acres) Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve, created in 2001, on the north bank, and the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve on the south bank.[3] The canal is a body of white water, but almost all the streams that flow into it from the extractive reserve are black water.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Velasquez Fernandes 2011, p. 69.
- ^ Velasquez Fernandes 2011, p. 57.
- ^ RESEX Auatí-Paraná – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
- ^ Velasquez Fernandes 2011, p. 67.
Sources
edit- RESEX Auatí-Paraná (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-21
- Velasquez Fernandes, Carlos Henrique (October 2011), Plano de Manejo Participativo da Reserva Extrativista Auati-Paraná (PDF) (in Portuguese), Tefé / AM: Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, retrieved 2016-10-21