The Javaés River ( pt, Rio Javaés or ''Braço Menor do Rio Araguaia'',
Javaé: ♂ ''Bero Biòwa''
eˈɾo bɪɔˈwa ♀ ''Bèraku Bikòwa''
ɛɾaˈku bɪkɔˈwa is a river of
Tocantins
Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...
state in 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 tributary of the
Araguaia River
The Araguaia River ( pt, Rio Araguaia , Karajá: ♂ ''Berohokỹ'' eɾohoˈkə̃ ♀ ''Bèrakuhukỹ'' ɛɾakuhuˈkə̃ is one of the major rivers of Brazil though it is almost equal in volume at its confluence with the Tocantins. It has a total ...
.
The Javaés River separates the
Cantão State Park
The Cantão State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Cantão) is a state park in the state of Tocantins, Brazil.
It protects the Cantão wetlands, an area of igapó flooded forest in the ecotone where the Amazon rainforest merges into the cerrado.
Loca ...
to the north from the
Araguaia National Park to the south.
See also
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List of rivers of Tocantins
List of rivers in Tocantins (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. The Tocantins state is located entirely within the ...
References
Rivers of Tocantins
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