The Chapecó River (Portuguese, Rio Chapecó[1]) is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Uruguay River.
| Chapecó River | |
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| Native name | Rio Chapecó (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Santa Catarina state |
| Mouth | |
• location | Uruguay River |
• coordinates | 27°05′43″S 53°00′57″W / 27.095256°S 53.015777°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Uruguay River |
The river is fed by streams rising in the Araucárias National Park, a 12,841 hectares (31,730 acres) conservation unit created in 2005.[2] Other headwaters rise in the 6,566 hectares (16,220 acres) Mata Preta Ecological Station, a fully protected area created in 2005.[3] The river supplies water to the municipality of Abelardo Luz, Santa Caterina. The Chapecó River Falls are one of the main attractions of the region.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rio Chapecó at GEOnet Names Server
- ^ O Parque Nacional das Araucárias (in Portuguese), Apremavi: Associação de Preservação do Meio Ambiente e da Vida, archived from the original on 2016-03-07, retrieved 2016-04-29
- ^ ESEC da Mata Preta (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-18
- ^ "A Estação Ecológica da Mata Preta", Apremavi (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-07-18
- Map from Ministry of Transport