The Fresco River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a right tributary of Xingu River, which it joins at São Félix do Xingu.

Fresco River
Fresco River is located in Brazil
Fresco River
Mouth location in Brazil
Native nameRio Fresco (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
6°38′43″S 52°00′09″W / 6.645151°S 52.002631°W / -6.645151; -52.002631
Length560 km (350 mi)[1]
Basin size43,771 km2 (16,900 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationSão Félix do Xingu, Pará State (near mouth)
 • average865.6 m3/s (30,570 cu ft/s)
 • minimum2.03 m3/s (72 cu ft/s)
 • maximum4,526 m3/s (159,800 cu ft/s)
Discharge 
 • locationBoa Esperança, Pará State (Basin size: 43,030 km2 (16,610 sq mi)
 • average851 m3/s (30,100 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1970-1996)837 m3/s (29,600 cu ft/s)[2]
 • minimum2 m3/s (71 cu ft/s)
 • maximum4,449 m3/s (157,100 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemXingu River
Tributaries 
 • leftRiozinho
 • rightTrairão

The Fresco River is a blackwater river. Its basin is in the Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests ecoregion.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ Michael, T. Coe; Marcos, Heil Costa; Aurélie, Botta; Charon, Birkett (23 August 2002). "Long-term simulations of discharge and floods in the Amazon Basin". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.549.3854.
  3. ^ Sears, Robin, Eastern Amazonian - Brazil (NT0180), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 22 March 2017