The Itaúnas River ( pt, Itaúnas) is a river of
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...
state in eastern
Brazil
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The
Itaúnas State Park, created in 1991, is named after the Itaúnas River, which runs through the park for .
The river approaches the coast at the settlement of Itaúnas and then runs southwest, parallel to the coast behind a sand bar, before entering the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Conceição da Barra.
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Rio Itaúnas.JPG, Itaúnas River at dawn
See also
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List of rivers of Espírito Santo
List of rivers in Espírito Santo (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 Espírito ...
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Rivers of Espírito Santo
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