Madeirinha River is a river of
Mato Grosso and
Amazonas states 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 ...
, a left tributary of the
Roosevelt River
The Roosevelt River (Rio Roosevelt, sometimes Rio Teodoro) is a Brazilian river, a tributary of the Aripuanã River about in length.
Course
The Roosevelt River begins in the state of Rondônia and flows north through tropical rainforest. It is ...
.
Course
In Mato Grosso the river forms the western boundary of the
Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station
Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Rio Madeirinha) is an Ecological station (Brazil), ecological station (ESEC) in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Location
The Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station has an area of about ...
, a fully protected environmental unit created in 1997.
It then flows north east through the
Tucumã State Park in Mato Grosso and the
Manicoré State Forest
The Manicoré State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual de Manicoré) is a state forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Manicoré State Forest is in the Novo Aripuanã municipality of Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The Roosevelt River ...
in Amazonas, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005.
It continues north east from the state forest before joining the Roosevelt river.
See also
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List of rivers of Amazonas
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List of rivers of Mato Grosso
List of rivers in Mato Grosso (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. Mato Grosso is divided by those streams that f ...
References
Sources
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Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Rivers of Mato Grosso
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