The Tarumã Mirim River () is a river in the state of
Amazonas, Brazil.
It is a left tributary of the
Rio Negro, which it enters west of the city of
Manaus
Manaus () is the List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil, capital and largest city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. It is the List of largest cities in Brazil, seventh-largest city in Brazil, w ...
.
Course
The Tarumã Mirim drains the west part of the Tarumã Açu – Tarumã Mirim section of the
Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area (APA), which is mainly covered by dense rainforest but has areas of open tropical forest and
campinarana.
It separates the APA from the
Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve to the west.
The
Tarumã-Açu and Tarumã Mirim are
blackwater river
A blackwater river is a type of River#Classification, river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. Most major blackwater rivers are in the Amazon Basin and the Southern United States. The term is used in fluvial ...
s, acidic and low in minerals.
Water levels vary by , with highest levels in June.
See also
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List of rivers of Amazonas
Notes
Sources
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Rio Negro (Amazon)
Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)