Purus and Purús may refer to the following :
Places and jurisdictions in the Amazon basin
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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 ...
or Rio Purús, a tributary of the Amazon River in South America
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Purús Communal Reserve in Peru
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Purús Province
Purús Province is one of four provinces in the Ucayali Region, in the central Amazon rainforest of Peru. The Purus River runs through it.
The province is conformed by a single district ( es, distrito, links=no), Purús District, whose capita ...
in Peru
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Purús District
Purús District is the only district of the Purús Province located in the Ucayali Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital''. Retrieved April 7, 2008. The Purus River
The Purus River (Por ...
in above Purús Province and in the Ucayali Region
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Purus National Forest
The Purus National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Purus) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
It surrounds the shamanic-Christian community of Céu do Mapiá.
Location
The Purus National Forest is in the municipality of P ...
in Amazonas state, Brazil
Other
* Latin for
pure
Pure may refer to:
Computing
* A pure function
* A pure virtual function
* PureSystems, a family of computer systems introduced by IBM in 2012
* Pure Software, a company founded in 1991 by Reed Hastings to support the Purify tool
* Pure-FTPd, F ...
, as in
Actus purus
* plural of
Puru (Vedic tribe)
The Purus were a Rigvedic tribe or a confederation of tribes. There were several factions of Purus, one being the Bharatas. The Purus and the Bharatas were the two most prominent tribes in most of the Rigveda. The Purus rallied many other groups ...
See also
; Places and jurisdictions
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Alto Purús National Park
Alto Purús National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Alto Purús) is a national park in the Amazon rainforest of Peru, established in 2004. It covers an area of in the provinces of Purús (Ucayali), Tahuamanu and Tambopata (both in Madre de Dios). ...
in Peru
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Médio Purus Extractive Reserve
The Médio Purus Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Médio Purus) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Médio Purus Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Lábrea (91.41%), ...
in Amazonas state, Brazil
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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 ...
in Brazil
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Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest
The Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Santa Rosa do Purus) is a national forest in the state of Acre, Brazil.
Location
The Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest is in the municipality of Feijó in the state of Acre.
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in Acre state, Brazil
* the former
Territorial Prelature of Acre and Purus (now Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Branco) in Brazil
; Animal species
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Purus jacamar
The Purus jacamar (''Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus'') is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Tobias, J., T. Züchner, T.A. de Melo Júnior, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Purus Jacamar (''Galbalcyrhynch ...
or Chestnut jacamar (''Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus'')
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Purus red howler
The Purús red howler (''Alouatta puruensis'') is a species of howler monkey native to Brazil, Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Sea ...
(''Alouatta puruensis'')
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Rio Purus titi (''Callicebus purinus'')
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Purussaurus
''Purussaurus'' is an extinct genus of giant caiman that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch, from the Friasian to the Huayquerian in the SALMA classification. It is known from skull material found in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazo ...
'', a prehistoric reptile
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