The Vargem do Braço River ( pt, Rio Vargem do Braço, also known as ''Rio Vargem do Cedro''
[Rio Vargem do Braço ](_blank)
at GeoNames and ''Rio Pilões''
) is a river of the state of
Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Course
The Vargem do Braço River rises in the lushly-forested
Serra do Tabuleiro State Park
Serra do Tabuleiro State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro) is a state park in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
It protects a mountainous area near the city of Florianópolis, covered in Atlantic Forest, which is an important so ...
, a protected area created in 1975.
The Serra do Tabuleiro, with altitudes above , is the largest mountain in the east-central portion of the state.
The river is the main source of water for the greater
Florianópolis metropolitan region.
The river seems to have flowed NNW until quite recently, when a major tectonic event forced it to change its course.
It now flows ENE to enter the
Cubatão River near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean.
See also
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List of rivers of Santa Catarina
List of rivers in Santa Catarina (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 Santa Cat ...
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List of rivers of Brazil
This is a list of rivers of Brazil.
Alphabetical list of rivers in Brazil A–C
* Acari River (Rio de Janeiro)
* Acari River (Roraima)
* Acauã River
* Acre River
* Açu River
* Açuã River
* Acurauá River
* Acuriá River
* Adela ...
References
Sources
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Rivers of Santa Catarina (state)
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