The Jucu River is a river of Espírito Santo state in eastern Brazil.

Jucu River
Jucu River is located in Brazil
Jucu River
Jucu River (Brazil)
Native nameRio Jucu (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationEspírito Santo state
Mouth 
 • location
Vila Velha. Atlantic ocean

The estuary of the river is in the Jacarenema Ecological Reserve, a 307 hectares (760 acres) conservation area in the city of Vila Velha. The mangroves of the estuary have suffered from pollution from waste water and garbage washed down from further up the river.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Silva, Diego Galvagne da; Gomes, Juliana Lisboa; Martins, Marcio Lacerda Lopes (November 2006), "Caracterização da vegetação do Manguezal na Reserva Ecológica de Jacarenema, Vila Velha, ES" (PDF), 57º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06, retrieved 2016-06-05

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