Derrubadas is a municipality of the Brazilian state of

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

. It is located at 27º15'53" South, 53º51'39" West, at an altitude of 485 meters above sea level. In 2020, its population was estimated at 2,761 people. Occupying an area of 365.44 square kilometers, it is bounded in the north by the Uruguay River, where it is opposite Argentina and the state of Santa Catarina. The municipality contains the

Turvo State Park The Turvo State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Turvo) is a state park in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It protects the last large area of well-preserved Upper Uruguay forest in the state, which is home to several rare or endangered spe ...

, created in 1947. The state park covers almost half of the municipality. The municipality would be partially flooded by the proposed

Panambi Dam Panambi is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 44,128. See also *List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Su ...

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