The Paraná do Urariá is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a side channel that connects the Madeira River (via the short Paraná do Canumã) and Amazonas River (via Paraná do Ramos). The Maués Açu, Apoquitaua, Paraconi, Abacaxis and Canumã Rivers all flow into the Paraná do Urariá.
| Paraná do Urariá | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Amazonas |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 3°03′41″S 57°43′17″W / 3.061350°S 57.721263°W |
| Length | 400 km (250 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 127,116 km2 (49,080 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth, Amazonas |
| • average | 4,804.4 m3/s (169,670 cu ft/s)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Canumã, Abacaxis, Maués Açu, Apoquitaua, Paraconi |
The 59,137 hectares (146,130 acres) Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2001, is on the left bank of the Paraná do Urariá.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c "Lower Amazon".
- ^ Silva, Michele Andreza P. da (August 2010), Plano Territorial de Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável (PDF) (in Portuguese), Amazonas: Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Manaus, p. 38, retrieved 2016-10-29