The Cajari River ( pt, Rio Cajari) is a river in
Amazon River
The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.
The headwaters of t ...
delta in the state of
Pará, Brazil.
Course
The Cajari River is in the northeast of the island of
Marajó in the delta region where the
Amazon and
Tocantins rivers empty into the
Atlantic Ocean.
It is contained within the
Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1989 to protect the
Marajó island and surrounding islands.
The river runs to the east of the
Charapucu State Park
The Charapucu State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Charapucu) is a state park in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It protects an area of the island of Marajó at the mouth of the Amazon River, much of which is flooded by the river or the tides.
The vegetati ...
into the Baía do Vieira Grande, one of the mouths of the Amazon.
The Furo Charapucu channel runs to the south of the park, connecting the Cajari River to another part of the Vieira Grande Bay.
See also
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List of rivers of Pará
References
Sources
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Rivers of Pará
Tributaries of the Amazon River