Rio dos Sinos is a river in the state of
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, southern Brazil. It rises in the hills east of
Caraá ( away from
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
) at elevations above and covers a distance of about , flowing into the delta Jacuí in
Canoas
Canoas (), which earned city status in 1939, is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. With more than 340,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Porto Alegre conurbation and has the second highest GDP in the state. It is also th ...
, at an elevation of only .
The river basin contains the
São Francisco de Paula National Forest, a sustainable use conservation area created in 1968.
See also
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List of rivers of Rio Grande do Sul
List of rivers in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazilian State).
The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Rio Gra ...
References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Rio Grande do Sul
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