Águas Mornas is a Brazilian
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
in the state of
Santa Catarina.
The municipality contains part of the
Rio das Lontras Private Natural Heritage Reserve, a fully protected area of montane rainforest in the
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
biome.
It also contains part of the
Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a protected area created in 1975.
The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the
Vargem do Braço,
Cubatão
Cubatão is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 12 kilometers away from Santos seaport, the largest in Latin America. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista. The population is 131,626 (2020 est.) in an area of 142.88 k ...
and
D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region.
References
Municipalities in Santa Catarina (state)
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