The Sapucaí River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the

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The river forms to the north of

Santo Antônio da Alegria Santo Antônio da Alegria is a municipality in the northern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 6,977 (2020 est.) in an area of 310.29 km². The elevation is 791 m. A neighboring municipality is São Sebastião do Paraíso ...

, just north of the BR-265 highway near the border with Minas Gerais, where the Ribeirão do Pinheirinho meets the Ribeirão Tomba-perna. It then flows in a generally northwest direction. The river is dammed twice near

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. It continues northwest and enters the Rio Grande upstream from

Colômbia Colômbia is a municipality in the northern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 6,216 (2020 est.) in an area of 728.65 km². The elevation is 492 m. The bounding municipalities are Barretos to the south and Guaíra to the ...

, São Paulo.

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Rivers of São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-river-stub

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