The Paru de Oeste River (Erepecuru River) is a tributary of the Trombetas River in Pará in north-central Brazil.
| Paru de Oeste River | |
|---|---|
  Paru de Oeste River (Brazil) | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pará, Brazil |
| Mouth | Trombetas River |
• location | BR |
• coordinates | 1°31′10″S 56°02′05″W / 1.51944°S 56.03472°W |
| Length | 710 km (440 mi)[1] |
Geography
editIn addition to the main river, it has a "loop" known as the Cuminá River, which finally merges into the Paru de Oeste River about 6 km (3.7 mi) before the latter merges into the Trombetas. The confluence of Paru de Oeste and Trombetas is almost 35 km (22 mi) upriver from the city of Oriximiná.
The river basin lies partly within the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[2]
Further south it flows through the 3,172,978 hectares (7,840,600 acres) Trombetas State Forest from north to south.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 8 November 2014.
- ^ Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), retrieved 2016-05-12
- ^ FES do Trombetas (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-07