Açuã River

	Açuã River The Açuã River ( pt, Rio Açuã) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil, a tributary of the Mucuim River. The river flows through the Mapinguari National Park, a conservation unit created in 2008. To the north of the national park it is crossed by the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230), then runs through the Balata-Tufari National Forest The Balata-Tufari National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Balata-Tufari) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It was created to support sustainable extraction of forest products such as timber subject to restrictions and reg ..., where it joins the Mucuim. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas References Brazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mucuim River The Mucuim River ( pt, Rio Mucuim) is a river in Brazil, a tributary of the Purus River. Course The Mucuim river flows through the Mapinguari National Park, a conservation unit created in 2008. To the north of the national park it is crossed by the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230), then runs through the Balata-Tufari National Forest before joining the Purus. The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches. It flows through the Purus várzea The Purus várzea (NT0156) is an ecoregion of seasonally flooded várzea forest in the central Amazon basin. It is part of the Amazon biome. The ecoregion is home to a vegetation adapted to floods of up to that may last for eight months. There ... ecoregion before joining the Purus. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas References Sources * * * * Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mapinguari National Park Mapinguari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Mapinguari) is a national park in the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, Brazil. It covers a large area of Amazon rainforest. The boundaries have been adjusted several times. Location The Mapinguari National Park is in the municipalities of Canutama (40%) and Lábrea (50%) in Amazonas and the municipality of Porto Velho (11%) in Rondônia. It has an area of . The park is in the Solimões-Amazonas sedimentary basin, in the south Amazon depression. The relief is an extensive pediplain with river terraces, floodplains and meander traces. Altitudes range from above sea level. It is drained by streams or rivers feeding the left of the Madeira River and the right of the Purus River. The main rivers within the park are the Açuã, Mucuim, Inacorrã, Umari, Ciriquiqui, Punicici, Coari, Anaiquê and Coti. Environment The park is in the Amazon biome. Average annual rainfall is . Temperatures range from with an average of . Vegetat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Trans-Amazonian Highway The Trans-Amazonian Highway (official designation BR-230, official name Rodovia Transamazônica), was introduced on September 27, 1972. It is 4,000 km long, making it the third longest highway in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon forest and the Brazilian states of Paraíba, Ceará, Piauí, Maranhão, Tocantins, Pará and Amazonas, from the proximities of Saboeiro up until the town of Lábrea. History The project was started by the military dictatorship that was in power from 1964 to 1985 out of their perceived need to guarantee control over the remote regions while encouraging economic engagement with the natural resources in the region. The highway was intended to integrate these regions with the rest of the country, and with Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Another main goal of the project was to alleviate the effects of the drought affecting the Northeast region of the country by providing a route to largely empty land in the middle of the rainforest, which could be settled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Balata-Tufari National Forest The Balata-Tufari National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Balata-Tufari) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It was created to support sustainable extraction of forest products such as timber subject to restrictions and regulations defined by law or the responsible agency, ICMBio. Location The Balata-Tufari National Forest covers parts of the municipalities of Canutama (90.85%) and Tapauá (9.15%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . It is bounded by the Purus River to the west, by the first section of the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230) from Lábrea to Humaitá which cuts across its southern end, and by BR-319 to the east. The Mucuim River runs through the forest, flowing north from the Mapinguari National Park, which lies to the south of BR-230. The Mucuim is joined within the forest by the Açuã River, which rises in the Mapinguari National Park. 2.47% of the national forest's area overlaps with the Mapinguari National Park. The national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]