Caçanje River

	Caçanje River The Caçanje River ( pt, Rio Caçanje), also called the Cassange River, is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Cuiabá River. Course The Caçanje River defines part of the northern border of the Encontro das Águas State Park, then flows northeast to join the Cuiabá River. Further south the Alegre River flows northeast across the park parallel to the Caçanje, forms part of the eastern border, then continues east to join the Caçanje just before that river enters the Cuiabá. The region, rich in watercourses, supports diverse pantanal vegetation. See also List of rivers of Mato Grosso List of rivers in Mato Grosso (States of Brazil, 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. Mato Grosso is divided by tho ... References Sources * Rivers of Mato Grosso {{MatoGrosso-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cuiabá River The Cuiabá River (Portuguese: ''Rio Cuiabá'') is a Brazilian river in the western state of Mato Grosso that flows in the Río de la Plata Basin. It is a tributary of the São Lourenço River. Course In its upper reaches the Cuiabá River flows through the Águas do Cuiabá Ecological Station, which was created as a state park in June 2002 as part of an effort to clean up the water of the river, which was polluted with garbage and raw sewage. At Cuiabá its lower portion enters the Pantanal ecosystem and region, flowing through extensive and important Ramsar Convention protected wetlands for waterfowl, migratory birds, and other wildlife. The Cuiabá continues southwest and forms part of the eastern border of the Encontro das Águas State Park. On some maps it is now called the Canabu River. The Cuiabá / Canabu cuts across the park, where it joins the São Lourenço River, or Pingara River, which also cuts across the park from the east. The Cuiabá River is long to the poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring states (from west clockwise) are: Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. The state is roughly 82.2% of the size of its southwest neighbor, the nation of Bolivia. A state with a flat landscape that alternates between vast ''chapadas'' and plain areas, Mato Grosso contains three main ecosystems: the Cerrado, the Pantanal and the Amazon rainforest. The Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, with caves, grottoes, tracks, and waterfalls, is one of its tourist attractions. The extreme northwest of the state has a small part of the Amazonian forest. The Xingu Indigenous Park and the Araguaia River are in Mato Grosso. Farther south, the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, is the habitat for nearly one thousand ... [...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]
	Alegre River (Mato Grosso) The Alegre River is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Caçanje River, which in turn is a tributary of the Cuiabá River. Course The Alegre River flows northeast across the Encontro das Águas State Park parallel to the Caçanje River, forms part of the eastern border of the park, then continues east to join the Caçanje just before that river enters the Cuiabá. The region, rich in watercourses, supports diverse pantanal vegetation. See also List of rivers of Mato Grosso List of rivers in Mato Grosso (States of Brazil, 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. Mato Grosso is divided by tho ... References Sources * Rivers of Mato Grosso {{MatoGrosso-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Encontro Das Águas State Park The Encontro das Águas State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It covers an area of the pantanal rich in watercourses. Location The Encontro das Águas State Park is divided between the municipalities of Poconé (56.71%) and Barão de Melgaço (43.29%) in the state of Mato Grosso. It has an area of . The MT-060 highway cuts across the northwest tip of the park, and a road leads from MT-060 along the northeast border of the park. The park covers an area rich in watercourses that support rich biodiversity of pantanal flora and fauna. Rivers The Caçanje River defines part of the northern border of the park, flowing northeast to join the Cuiabá River. Further south the Alegre River flows northeast across the park parallel to the Caçanje, forms part of the eastern border, then continues east to join the Caçanje just before that river enters the Cuiabá. The Cuiabá flows southwest and forms part of the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pantanal The Pantanal () is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay. It sprawls over an area estimated at between . Various subregional ecosystems exist, each with distinct hydrological, geological and ecological characteristics; up to 12 of them have been defined.Susan Mcgrath, photos by Joel Sartore, ''Brazil's Wild Wet'', National Geographic Magazine, August 2005 Roughly 80% of the Pantanal floodplains are submerged during the rainy seasons, nurturing a biologically diverse collection of aquatic plants and helping to support a dense array of animal species. Etymology The name "Pantanal" comes from the Portuguese word ''pântano'' that means "big wetland", "big bog", "big swamp", "big quagmire" or "big marsh" plus the suffix ''-al'', that means "abundance, agglomeratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Rivers Of Mato Grosso List of rivers in Mato Grosso (States of Brazil, 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. Mato Grosso is divided by those streams that flow north to the Amazon River, Amazon and east to the Tocantins River, Tocontins rivers and those that flow south to the Paraná River, Paraná river. All rivers in Mato Grosso ultimately drain to the Atlantic Ocean. By Drainage Basin Amazon Basin * ''Amazon River'' (Pará, Amazonas) Xingu River * Iriri River ** Iriri Novo River * Ribeirão da Paz * Liberdade River (Xingu River), Liberdade River * Auaiá-Miçu River * Huaiá-Miçu River * Arraias River (Mato Grosso), Arraias River ** Manissauá-Miçu River * Azul River (Mato Grosso), Azul River * Suia-Miçu River * Atelchu River Ronuro River * Jabotá River Ferro River * Tamitatoale River * Ribeirão Auila * Curisevo Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]