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Inauini River
Inauini River ( pt, Rio Inauini) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil, a tributary of the Purus River. The Inauini River forms the boundary between the Mapiá-Inauini National Forest and the Purus National Forest The Purus National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Purus) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It surrounds the shamanic-Christian community of Céu do Mapiá. Location The Purus National Forest is in the municipality of Pa .... The local people have complained that many people come up the Inauini by boat and fish in nearby lakes. The intruders also collect turtles, which has led to a sharp drop in the turtle population. See also * List of rivers of Amazonas References Sources * Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub ...
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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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Purus River
The Purus River (Portuguese: ''Rio Purus''; Spanish: ''Río Purús'') is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is , and the mean annual discharge is . The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park and the Purús Province (and its conformed Purús District), one of the four provinces of Peru in the Ucayali Region. Geography The Purus River rises in Peru. It defines the boundary between Peru and Brazil in the centre of the state of Acre, then runs for a short distance along the boundary of the Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001 after it is joined by the Santa Rosa River. It then flows north east through Manoel Urbano It runs through a continuous forest at the bottom of the great depression, lying between the Madeira River, which skirts the edge of the Brazilian sandstone plateau, and the Ucayali River, which hugs the base of the Andes. In the state of Amazonas the river runs th ...
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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 ...
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Mapiá-Inauini National Forest
The Mapiá-Inauini National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional Mapiá-Inauini) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Mapiá-Inauini National Forest is divided between the municipalities of Boca do Acre (92.37%) and Pauini (7.63%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The national forest is in the Purus River basin. The forest adjoins the Purus National Forest to the east and the Arapixi Extractive Reserve to the south. The Inauini/Teuini Indigenous Territory is to the north and the Igarapé Capanã.and Camicuã indigenous territories adjoin the forest to the south. The national forest overlaps 1.39% with indigenous territories. Environment and economy Vegetation is 70% dense rainforest and 30% open rainforest. The residents gather Brazil nuts and plant cassava to make flour, selling the nuts and flour in Boca do Acre. Although there were several communities on the banks of the São Francisco and São Domingos streams and the Inauini River, i ...
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Purus National Forest
The Purus National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Purus) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It surrounds the shamanic-Christian community of Céu do Mapiá. Location The Purus National Forest is in the municipality of Pauini, Amazonas. It has an area of . It is on the left (west) bank of the Purus River, downstream from Boca do Acre. The Inauini/Teuini Indigenous Territory to the north partly overlaps the national forest. It is bounded to the west by the Mapiá-Inauini National Forest. To the south it adjoins the Camicuã Indigeous Territory. It takes at least six hours to cover the road from Rio Branco to Boca do Acre, and the same length of time by boat on the Purus River and then the Mapia stream to reach the central village of Céu do Mapiá. This community in the forest is devoted to consecration of the shamanic-Christian syncretism of Santo Daime. During the dry season access is limited to the Purus River. Environment Average temperatures range ...
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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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