Ituxi River is a river of
Amazonas state 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
Purus River
The Purus River (Portuguese: ''Rio Purus''; Spanish: ''Río Purús'') is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is , and the mean annual discharge is . The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park and ...
.
Course
The Ituxi River is in length.
It originates near
Acrelândia
Acrelândia () is a municipality located in the easternmost portion of the Brazilian state
The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self- ...
in the state of Acre.
It is a
blackwater river
A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. As vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black te ...
that flows through the
Ituxi Extractive Reserve
The Ituxi Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Ituxi) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Ituxi Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Lábrea, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The reserve in on t ...
, created in 2008, in a northeast direction.
See also
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List of rivers of Acre
List of rivers in Acre (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. Acre is located entirely within the Amazon Basin.
By ...
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List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
List of rivers in Amazonas (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. Amazonas is located entirely within the Amazon Ba ...
References
Rivers of Acre (state)
Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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