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Biá River
The Biá River ( pt, Rio Biá) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Jutaí River. The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003, lies on either side of the river in the municipality of Jutaí Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 13,886 (2020) and its area is 69,552 km², making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil. Geography The mu .... It is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world. 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] |
Jutaí River
The Jutaí River ( pt, Rio Jutaí) is a river in Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. Course The river flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. The Jutaí river runs northeast before reaching its mouth on the southern bank of the Amazon River ( Solimões section). It is west of the Juruá River, and is roughly parallel to the lower Juruá. The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003, lies on either side of the river in the municipality of Jutaí. It is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world. Further downstream the river forms the boundary between the Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve, created in 2002, to the southeast and the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões) is an ecological station in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of flooded and terra firme forest in the Amazon biome. ... [...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] |
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] |
Tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve
The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Cujubim) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) takes its name from the Blue-throated piping guan (''Aburria cumanensis''), locally called the ''Cujubim'' and a common bird in the region. The reserve is in the municipality of Jutaí, Amazonas and has an area of . It is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world. It lies along the Jutaí River, a tributary of the Solimões River that flows in a northeast direction to the west of the Juruá River. The conservation unit also contains the Biá and Mutum rivers, tributaries of the Jutaí. The reserve may be reached by boat from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, distant. The trip would typically take about eight days. A flight to Fonte Boa Airport, the nearest commercial airport, cuts the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jutaí
Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 13,886 (2020) and its area is 69,552 km², making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil. Geography The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. It contains parts of the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station. It contains the Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve, created in 2002. The municipality contains the Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Cujubim) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) takes its name ..., established in 2003. This is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world. References Sources * * * Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-geo-s ... [...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] |
Food And Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an international organization that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, ', translates to "let there be bread". It was founded on 16 October 1945. The FAO is composed of 195 members (including 194 countries and the European Union). Their headquarters is in Rome, Italy, and the FAO maintains regional and field offices around the world, operating in over 130 countries. It helps governments and development agencies coordinate their activities to improve and develop agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and water resources. It also conducts research, provides technical assistance to projects, operates educational and training programs, and collects data on agricultural output, produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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