Aripuanã River ( pt, Rio Aripuanã) is a river in the
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.
Neighborin ...
and
Amazonas states in north-western
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 ...
. It is a tributary of the
Madeira River
The Madeira River ( pt, Rio Madeira, link=no ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is ...
in the
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Boli ...
. The town of
Novo Aripuanã is located on its banks where it merges into the Madeira River. The town of
Aripuanã
Aripuanã is a municipality in the state of 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 an ...
is also on its banks, but on the upper (southern) section of the river.
The Aripuanã is a
clearwater river.
Course
In Mato Grosso to the south of the border with Amazonas the river defines the western boundary of the
Igarapés do Juruena State Park
The Igarapés do Juruena State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Igarapés do Juruena) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Location
The Igarapés do Juruena State Park is divided between the municipalities of Colniza (44.06%) and Cotr ...
, created in 2002.
To the north of the Amazonas border it flows through the
Aripuanã Sustainable Development Reserve
The Aripuanã Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Aripuanã) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Aripuanã Sustainable Development Reserve is in the Apuà ...
, created in 2005.
Further north in Amazonas the
Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230) crosses the Aripuanã.
North of the highway the river flows through the
Aripuanã National Forest
The Aripuanã National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Aripuanã) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
It supports sustainable forestry, and also protects the environment, supports scientific research and protects the sustainab ...
, a sustainable development unit created in 2016 in the last week before the provisional removal of president
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first w ...
.
It then flows through the
Juma Sustainable Development Reserve
The Juma Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Juma is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It supports sustainable extraction of the forest resources by the traditional popul ...
before meeting the Madeira.
There are four
dams on the river (
Dardanelos Dam,
Faxinal I and
Faxinal II at Aripuanã town, and
JuÃna Dam west of
JuÃna
JuÃna is a municipality in the state of 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 ...
) and a fifth is planned (
Prainha Dam on the middle Aripuanã River). These have impacted the environment and caused conflicts with
indigenous people
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
.
[Ecolnews:]
Usina de Dardanelos, crime ambiental premeditado e consolidado.
'' Retrieved 27 May 2014
See also
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List of rivers of Amazonas
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List of rivers of Mato Grosso
List of rivers in Mato Grosso (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 fl ...
References
Sources
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Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Rivers of Mato Grosso
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