The Caraíva River is a river of
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...
state in eastern
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 ...
.
There are mangroves in good condition at the mouth of the river, which empties into the sea in the
Corumbau Marine Extractive Reserve
Corumbau Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Corumbau) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
The reserve was created in 2000 to help protect the traditional local fishing economy, which wa ...
, a protected fishing area of .
See also
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List of rivers of Bahia
List of rivers in Bahia (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 Bahia drain to the ...
References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Bahia
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