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Maracanã River (Pará)
The Maracanã River ( pt, Rio Maracanã) is a river of the state of Pará, Brazil. Course The Maracanã is a meandering river with a main channel that varies in depth in its lower reaches from . It rises in the south of the municipality of Castanhal, Pará, then flows in a northeast direction to the Atlantic Ocean at Maracanã, Pará. The river is lowest between September and October and highest between February and April. Its main tributary is the Caripi River, which enters the Maracanã from the left. Santarém Novo is on the right bank of the river about from its mouth on the Atlantic. The Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve protects part of the right (east) shore of the Maracanã River. The lower reaches of the Maracanã River, before it empties into the Atlantic Ocean beside Maiandeua Island, are protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002. The municipality and town of Maracanã are at the mouth of the river. Environment The vegetat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santarém Novo
Santarém Novo ( English: New Santarem) is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The municipality contains the Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve The Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Chocoaré - Mato Grosso is an extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Santaré ..., created in 2002, which protects part of the right (east) shore of the Maracanã River. See also * List of municipalities in Pará References Municipalities in Pará {{Pará-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castanhal, Pará
Castanhal is a city near the eastern edge of the state of Pará, Northern Brazil. It is located some 65 km east of the state's capital Belém and 50 km inland SE of the Bay of Marajo. It is accessed by car or bus via federal highway BR-316 . The climate is tropical rainforest. With a population around 200,000, it is the fifth largest city in the state. coordinates: 1° 18′ S, 47° 55′ W History Castanhal was officially founded on January, 28th of 1932 (date of certification) and received its name due to the common nut trees (portug: Castanha) around the train station of the Bragança - Belém railway. Workers from the Brazilian Northeast started settling around the station. Local farmers started selling their products at the new market. Though, the new marketplace Castanhal was founded. The Bragança railway was shut down in 1964 and the rails were removed. The government of the state of Pará gave Castanhal the nickname "cidade modelo" (Model Town). In 2004, Po ... [...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] |
Caripi River (Maracanã)
The Caripi River ( pt, Rio Caripi) is a river of the state of Pará, Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Maracanã River. Course The Caripi River is the main tributary of the Maracanã River, which it enters from the left. The lower reaches of the river are protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002. Environment The river is mainly surrounded by forest. The region has a relatively low population, with 43 people per square kilometer. The average temperature is . The hottest month is November, with and the coldest month is March, with . Average annual rainfall is . The wettest month is March, with and the driest month is October with . See also *List of rivers of Pará List of rivers in Pará (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Pará drain to the A ... References Sources * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pará
Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the mouth of the Amazon. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Pará is the most populous state of the North Region, Brazil, North Region, with a population of over 8.6 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, at , second only to Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas upriver. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon Rainforest. Pará produces Natural rubber, rubber (extracted from natural rubber tree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N. Scientific explorations of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maracanã, Pará
Maracanã, Pará is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Pará in the Northern Region, Brazil, Northern region of Brazil. The municipality contains the lower reaches of the Maracanã River (Pará), Maracanã River, which is joined by the Caripi River (Maracanã), Caripi River before widening into Maracanã Bay and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean beside Maiandeua Island. The banks of the rivers are protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002. The municipality contains the Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area, created in 1990. See also *List of municipalities in Pará References Municipalities in Pará {{Pará-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve
The Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Chocoaré - Mato Grosso is an extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Santarém Novo, Pará. It has an area of . It protects part of the right (east) shore of the Maracanã River. The Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve protects the left (west) bank, and extends further north. Vegetation in the alluvial areas is mangrove. The local people harvest crabs as a source of income. The West Indian manatee (''Trichechus manatus'') is protected in the reserve. History The Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 13 December 2002. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMbio). The reserve is classed as IUCN protected area category IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiandeua Island
The Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental de Algodoal-Maiandeua) is an environmental protection area in the state of Pará, Brazil. It protects two coastal islands with beaches, dunes, mangroves and wetlands that are home to fishing people and are popular with tourists. Location The Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area is in the municipality of Maracanã, Pará. It is on the northeast coast of Pará in the Salgado microregion. The Atlantic Ocean is to the north and the Mocooca channel to the south. The Maracanã River estuary is to the east and the Marapanim River estuary to the west. The APA is bounded to the south by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve. The Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve is opposite the APA to the west. The APA has an area of about and consists of two islands separated by an intermittent tidal channel called the ''Furo Velho''. Algodoal Island has and contains Algodoal village, Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve
The Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Maracanã) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. It protects an area of mangroves, and allows the local population to make sustainable use of the natural resources. Location The Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Maracanã in the state of Pará. It has an area of . The municipality of Maracanã was founded in 1653 when father António Vieira arrived in Pará on a mission to the village of Maracanã Indians. Today there are 75 coastal communities in the reserve, mainly living by fishing. Other activities include agriculture, animal husbandry and support of tourism. The holidays are religious, and include the festivals of Saint Michael the Archangel, Our Lady of Nazareth and Saint Benedict. Handcrafts include construction of fishing vessels and fishing equipment. The reserve protects the mangroves of the lower reaches of the Maracanã and Caripi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Pará
List of rivers in Pará (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Pará drain to the Atlantic Ocean, the majority of the state is in the Amazon Basin. By Drainage Basin * Amazon River ** Cajari River ** Anajás River *** Cururu River *** Moções River ** Jacaré River *** Aramá River **** Mapuá River *** Furo do Tajapuru (connects to Pará River) **** Da Laguna River (Pauxis River) *** De Breves River (connects to Pará River) ** Baquiá Preto River ** Jari River *** Carecuru River *** Ipitinga River ** Xingu River *** Jaraucu River *** Acarai River *** Tucurui River *** Bacajá River *** Bacajaí River *** Itata River *** Iriri River **** Novo River **** Carajarí River **** Curuá River ***** Baú River ***** Curuaés River **** Catete River **** Xinxim River **** Chiché River **** Iriri Novo Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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