The Caçanje River (), also called the Cassange River, is a river of

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...

state in western

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. It is a tributary of the

Cuiabá River The Cuiabá River (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Rio Cuiabá'') is a Brazilian river in the western state of Mato Grosso that flows in the Río de la Plata Basin. It is a tributary of the São Lourenço River (Mato Grosso), São Lourenço Rive ...

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The Caçanje River defines part of the northern border of the

Encontro das Águas State Park The Encontro das Águas State Park () is a State park (Brazil), state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It covers an area of the pantanal rich in watercourses. Location The Encontro das Águas State Park is divided between the municipalit ...

, then flows northeast to join the

. Further south the Alegre River flows northeast across the park parallel to the Caçanje, forms part of the eastern border, then continues east to join the Caçanje just before that river enters the Cuiabá. The region, rich in watercourses, supports diverse

pantanal The Pantanal () is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest Flooded grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but i ...

vegetation.

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* * Rivers of Mato Grosso {{MatoGrosso-river-stub

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