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Munim River
The Munim River ( pt, Rio Munim) is a river of Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil. It flows north for about before emptying into the Baía de São José to the south of the state capital. The river has suffered from agricultural pollution and from illegal dredging of sand and gravel for use in construction. Basin The Munim River basin has an area of , covering 4.79% of the state of Maranhão, in the extreme east of the state. The basin includes parts of 23 municipalities of Maranhão, of which 7 are completely contained within the basin: Afonso Cunha, Cachoeira Grande, Chapadinha, Mata Roma, Nina Rodrigues, Presidente Vargas, Maranhão, Presidente Vargas and São Benedito do Rio Preto. Course The Munim River is formed in Afonso Cunha by the confluence of the Riacho da Barriguda and the Riacho do Bio. Its sources are in the Tabuleiros of the Barreiras formation, to the northeast of the municipality of Caxias, Maranhão, Caxias. The sources rise in the municipalities of Aldei ... [...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 List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and List of cities in Brazil by population, 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-major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buriti, Maranhão
Buriti is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Maranhão This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Maranhão (MA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Maranhão is divided into 217 municipalities, which are grouped into 21 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. S ... References Municipalities in Maranhão {{Maranhão-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidente Juscelino
''For the municipality in Maranhão see Presidente Juscelino, Maranhão'' Presidente Juscelino is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 3,606 living in a total area of 696 km2. The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion of Curvelo. It became a municipality in 1962. Presidente Juscelino is located at an elevation of 596 meters, 40 km. west of Curvelo on highway BR-259. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 216 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Corinto, Curvelo and Felixlândia. The name comes from former president of Brazil |
Sand Mining
Sand mining is the extraction of sand, mainly through an open pit (or sand pit) but sometimes mined from beaches and inland dunes or dredged from ocean and river beds. Sand is often used in manufacturing, for example as an abrasive or in concrete. It is also used on icy and snowy roads usually mixed with salt, to lower the melting point temperature, on the road surface. Sand can replace eroded coastline. Some uses require higher purity than others; for example sand used in concrete must be free of seashell fragments. Sand mining presents opportunities to extract rutile, ilmenite, and zircon, which contain the industrially useful elements titanium and zirconium. Besides these minerals, beach sand may also contain garnet, leucoxene, sillimanite, and monazite. These minerals are often found in ordinary sand deposits. A process known as elutriation is used, whereby flowing water separates the grains based on their size, shape, and density. Sand mining is a direct cause of er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area
The Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças) is an environmental protection area in the state of Maranhão, Brazil Location The Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area (APA) covers all or part of the municipalities of Urbano Santos (2.8%), São Luís (1.4%), São José de Ribamar (2.25%), São Benedito do Rio Preto (0.34%), Santo Amaro do Maranhão (5.87%), Santana do Maranhão (0.03%), Santa Rita (1.85%), Santa Quitéria do Maranhão (3.91%), Rosário (4.26%), Raposa (0.41%), Primeira Cruz (7.89%), Presidente Vargas (0.29%), Presidente Juscelino (2.2%), Paço do Lumiar (0.55%), Nina Rodrigues (0.05%), Morros (10.8%), Itapecuru Mirim (0.18%), Icatu (9.24%), Humberto de Campos (13.59%), Cachoeira Grande (4.32%), Belágua (3.18%), Barreirinhas (12.07%), Bacabeira (0.79%) and Axixá (1.3%) in the state of Maranhão. The APA has an area of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapada Limpa Extractive Reserve
The Chapada Limpa Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Chapada Limpa) is an extractive reserve in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Location The Chapada Limpa Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Chapadinha, Maranhão. It has an area of . The reserve is in the Chapadinha (Alto Munim) microregion of the Leste Maranhense mesoregion, on the frontier of soybean monoculture in the state. It is in the Munim River basin and is drained by tributaries of the Iguará, Mocambo and Preto rivers and various intermittent streams. The terrain contains areas of plateau and slopes, with remains of caatinga and many swamps and waterways. It has species typical of the cerrado, the Amazon and the caatinga biome. Economy The reserve contains the traditional communities of Chapada Limpa I, Chapada Limpa II, Califórnia, Juçaral, Mata, Morada Nova, Porco Magro, Prata, Quatro Bocas, Roça Velha, Saco, Santana, São Gabriel, São Martins and Severo. In 2016 the Ministry of the Environ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icatu
Icatu is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992. See also *List of municipalities in Maranhão This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Maranhão (MA), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Maranhão is divided into 217 municipalities, which are grouped into 21 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. S ... References Municipalities in Maranhão Populated coastal places in Maranhão {{Maranhão-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axixá
:''not to be confused with Axixá do Tocantins in Tocantins State'' Axixá is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Maranhão in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of Brazil. The main town lies on the left bank of the Munim River, upstream from Icatu. The municipality contains part of the Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992. See also *List of municipalities in Maranhão References External linksOfficial site Municipalities in Maranhão {{Maranhão-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iguará River
The Iguará River is a river of Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Maranhão List of rivers in Maranhão (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Maranhão drain t ... ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Maranhão {{Maranhão-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codó
Codó is a city in the Maranhão, Brazil. It has an estimated population of 123,116 (2020) and an area of 4,361.344 km2. Therefore, the sixth most populous municipality in the state. It has the largest concentration of religious centers of African origin in Brazil, with 400 terreiros. Geography Codó is situated in the northeastern Brazil, in eastern Maranhão. The city intersects with the BR-316 road and São Luís-Teresina railway, which serves as the main port of distribution of goods, such as fuels, cement and pig iron. despite being located in the state of Maranhão, it is much more connected to the state capital of Teresina due to its proximity of only 169 kilometers. The average land elevation is approximately 47 m above sea level, the predominant climate is tropical. UTC-3 time zone. It is also located in the Maranhão Babaçu Forest region (''região dos cocais''), in the Itapecuru Valley. The Codó watershed is made up of the Itapecuru River, its important affluent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preto River (Maranhão)
The Preto River is a river of Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Maranhão List of rivers in Maranhão (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Maranhão drain t ... ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Maranhão {{Maranhão-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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