The Jari River ( pt, Rio Jari) is a river in the state of
Amazonas, Brazil, 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 basin of the Jari River, an important right tributary of the Purus in its middle course, as well as the natural resources and associated fish, is protected by the
Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park
Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Nascentes do Lago Jari) is a National park (Brazil), national park in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest in the BR-319 high ...
, an protected area established in 2008.
It then forms the eastern border of the
Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve
Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Piagaçu-Purus) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS ...
, established in 2003.
The river flows through the
Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches.
It flows through the
Purus várzea
The Purus várzea (NT0156) is an ecoregion of seasonally flooded várzea forest in the central Amazon basin. It is part of the Amazon biome.
The ecoregion is home to a vegetation adapted to floods of up to that may last for eight months.
There ...
ecoregion before joining the Purus.
See also
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List of rivers of Amazonas
References
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Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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