The Angu River is a river in the
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 ...
ian state of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...
. It is a left bank tributary of the
Rio Paraiba do Sul. It is in length and drains an area of
.
The source of the river is located in the municipality of
Senador Cortes
and it passes through the municipalities of
Santo Antônio do Aventureiro and
Além Paraíba
Além Paraíba is a city in the southeastern Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The name indicates its position on the far bank (from Rio de Janeiro) of the Rio Paraíba do Sul. It was known as ''São José d'Além Parahyba'' until 192 ...
to its mouth on the Paraiba do Sul near the city of
Volta Grande
Volta Grande is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 its population was estimated to be 5,261.
Geography
Volta Grande is located in the Zona da Mata mesoregion of Minas Gerais near the border with the state of Rio de ...
.
References
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Rivers of Minas Gerais