The Una River is a river of
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...
state in northeastern
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 ...
. The Una originates on the
Borborema Plateau, flows east, and empties into the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
near
Barreiros. Its length is 290 km, and its basin area is 6,740 km
2, of which 6,263 km
2 in Pernambuco. It flows through the towns
São Bento do Una
São Bento do Una is a city from the Northeastern Region of Brazil at the Pernambuco state. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE, it has an estimated population of 60,042 inhabitants (2020). It is located at latitu ...
,
Altinho
Altinho ('' pt, High'') is a hill neighbourhood of Panaji, the state capital of India's smallest state Goa.
In the past it has been considered an elite residential colony, with the State's chief minister's residence and the Archbishop's palace ...
,
Palmares and
Agua Preta.
Brazilian Department of Transport
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See also
* List of rivers of Pernambuco
List of rivers in Pernambuco (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 Pernambuco dra ...
References
Rivers of Pernambuco
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