Preto River (Bahia, Grande River tributary)
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The Preto River, a tributary of the Rio Grande, is a river of Bahia state in eastern Brazil.
| Preto River | |
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| Native name | Rio Preto (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Bahia state |
| Mouth | Rio Grande |
• coordinates | 11°21′09″S 43°50′14″W / 11.3526°S 43.8373°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Rio Grande |
The river basin includes part of the 707,079 hectares (1,747,230 acres) Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2001 to preserve an area of cerrado.[1]
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edit- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-28