The Acarai River is a river of
Pará
Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...
state in north-central
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 ...
, a tributary of the
Xingu River
The Xingu River ( ; pt, Rio Xingu, ; Mẽbêngôkre: ''Byti'', ) is a river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water.
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The river runs through the
Verde para Sempre Extractive Reserve
The Verde para Sempre Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Verde para Sempre) is an extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
The reserve supports sustainable use of Amazon rainforest resources by the local population. Both bef ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2004, before discharging into the Xingu.
See also
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List of rivers of Pará
List of rivers in Pará (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 Pará drain to the A ...
References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Pará
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