The Jutaí River ( pt, Rio Jutaí) is a river in
Amazonas state in north-western
Brazil
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.
Course
The river flows through the
Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.
The Jutaí river runs northeast before reaching its mouth on the southern bank of the
Amazon River
The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.
The headwaters of t ...
(
Solimões section).
It is west of the
Juruá River
The Juruá River (Portuguese ''Rio Juruá''; Spanish ''Río Yuruá'') is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristic ...
, and is roughly parallel to the lower Juruá.
The
Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve
The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Cujubim) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) takes its name ...
, established in 2003, lies on either side of the river in the municipality of
Jutaí
Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 13,886 (2020) and its area is 69,552 km², making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil.
Geography
The mu ...
.
It is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.
Further downstream the river forms the boundary between the
Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve
The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Rio Jutaí) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Jutaí, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
T ...
, created in 2002, to the southeast and the
Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station
Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões) is an ecological station in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of flooded and terra firme forest in the Amazon biome.
Location
The Ecological St ...
to the northwest.
See also
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List of rivers of Amazonas
References
Sources
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Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Tributaries of the Amazon River
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