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Amapá River
The Amapá River ( pt, Rio Amapá) is a river of the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. It is a tributary of the Matupiri River. Course The Amapá River rises in the Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve, created in 2004. It flows across the reserve in an east of northeast direction, crosses the Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve and then flows through the Matupiri State Park, where it joins the Matupiri River. See also *List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state), List of rivers of Amazonas References

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Matupiri River
The Matupiri River ( pt, Rio Matupiri) is a river of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Igapó-Açu River. Course The Matupiri River forms in the Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve where the Jutaí River (Matupiri), Jutaí and Novo River (Matupiri), Novo rivers converge. The Matupiri River runs through the centre of the Matupiri State Park from southwest to northeast, and provides the main way to access the interior of the park. It then runs through the northwest corner of the Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve and then through the Cunhã-Sapucaia Indigenous Territory, within which it enters the Igapó-Açu River. See also *List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state), List of rivers of Amazonas References

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Amazonas (Brazilian State)
Amazonas () is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the northwestern corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the 9th largest country subdivision in the world, and the largest in South America, being greater than the areas of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile combined. Mostly located in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the third largest country subdivision in the Southern Hemisphere after the Australian states of Western Australia and Queensland. Entirely in the Western Hemisphere, it is the fourth largest in the Western Hemisphere after Greenland, Nunavut and Alaska. It would be the sixteenth largest country in land area, slightly larger than Mongolia. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the Departments of Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas state in Venezuela, and ...
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Lago Do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve
The Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Lago do Capanã Grande) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas. Location The Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Manicoré, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve is bounded by the BR-319 highway along the northwest border. To the southwest the reserve adjoins the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park. The southeast boundary of the reserve is close to the Madeira River and is crossed by Lago do Capanã (Capanã Lake), after which the reserve is named. To the northeast it adjoins the Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve. The terrain is flat or slightly undulating. The region is mainly drained by the Madeira River. The main streams within the reserve are the Capanã igarapé and the Amapá River, a tributary of the Matupiri River. There are many other smaller streams or bayous, some completely dry in the dry season. The reserve contains the Barbaço an ...
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Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve
The Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Amapá is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve is in the municipality of Manicoré, Amazonas. It has an area of . The BR-319 highway runs along the northwest border, and the AM-464 highway runs along the northeast border. To the northeast the reserve adjoins the Matupiri State Park on the other side of AM-464. The Madeira River flows some distance from the southeast border of the reserve. To the southwest it adjoins the Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve. The Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park and the Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve are on the opposite side of the BR-319 highway. Environment The reserve is in the region between the Madeira and Purus rivers in an area drained by the Amapá and Jutaí rivers. The two rivers flow through the reserve from southwest to nort ...
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Matupiri State Park
Matupiri State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Matupiri) is a state park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects a rich area of Amazon rainforest and an ecologically important area of woodland savanna along the Matupiri River. Unusually for a state park, it includes an "indigenous special use zone" that allows the Mura people to continue to fish and extract forest products, as they have for many generations. Location Matupiri State Park is divided between the municipalities of Borba (9.95%) and Manicoré (90.05%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The park is to the south of the BR-319 highway. It is in the Médio Madeira microregion of Amazonas. The park is in the Purus - Madeira inter-fluvial region, in the basins of the Matupiri and Amapá rivers. The Matupiri river runs through the centre of the park from southwest to northeast, and provides the main way to access the interior of the park. To the southeast it adjoins the Rio Madeira Sustainable Development ...
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List Of Rivers Of Amazonas (Brazilian State)
List of rivers in Amazonas (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. Amazonas is located entirely within the Amazon Basin. By Drainage Basin * Amazon River (includes Solimões) ** Tapajós River *** Juruena River **** Bararati River ** Nhamundá River *** Piratucu River ** Mamuru River *** Uaicurapa River ** Andirá River ** Paraná Urariá (Amazon and Madeira side channel) *** Maués Açu River **** Urupadi River **** Amanã River **** Paracori River **** Parauari River *** Apoquitaua River *** Paraconi River *** Abacaxis River **** Marimari River *** Canumã River **** Mapiá Grande River **** Acari River **** Camaiú River **** Sucunduri River ** Uatumã River *** Jatapu River **** Capucapu River *** Pitinga River ** Urubu River ** Madeira River *** Prêto do Igapó-Açu River **** Autaz-mirim River **** Tupana River **** Matupiri River ...
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