The Das Tropas River ( pt, Rio das Tropas) is a river of
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) ...
state in north-central
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 right tributary of the
Tapajós River
The Tapajós ( pt, Rio Tapajós ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. It is one of the largest cle ...
; the mouth is located on the eastern side of the Tapajós about after the
Juruena
Juruena is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.
The city is served by Juruena Airport.
See also
*List of municipalities in Mato Grosso
*Sepotuba River
The Sepotuba River is a river in the state of M ...
–
Teles Pires
The Teles Pires ( pt, Rio São Manuel) is a long river in Brazil. The river flows through the state of Mato Grosso and its lower part marks the border between the states of Mato Grosso and Pará. At its mouth it joins Juruena River and together t ...
junction.
The river flows through the
Itaituba I National Forest
Itaituba I National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Itaituba I) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Itaituba I National Forest is in the Amazon biome.
It has an area of .
It covers parts of the municipalities of I ...
, a sustainable use conservation area established in 1998.
The lower part of the river flows through the
Mundurucu Indigenous Territory
The Mundurucu Indigenous Territory ( pt, Terra Indígena Mundurucu) is an indigenous territory in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It is occupied by the Apiacá and Munduruku people.
A proposed dam on the Tapajós river is on hold since it would floo ...
.
See also
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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
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Pará
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