The Gregório River ( pt, Rio Gregório is a river of
Amazonas and
Acre states in western
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 ...
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It is a tributary of
Juruá River
The Juruá River (Portuguese ''Rio Juruá''; Spanish ''Río Yuruá'') is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristic ...
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Course
The Gregório River runs in a northeast direction through the Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas. It has a length total of 350 km.
In Acre between the
BR-364
BR-364 is an inter-state highway in Brazil connecting the southeast state of São Paulo to the western state of Acre. The highway was opened in the 1960s and paved in the 1980s. It has brought economic development and population growth in the Amaz ...
highway and the Amazonas border the river forms the boundary between the
Rio Gregório State Forest to the east and the
Mogno State Forest to the west, two sustainable use conservation units created in 2004.
Across the border in Amazonas the river runs through the
Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve
The Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Rio Gregório) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It supports about 200 families engaged in extraction of forest products, small-scale farming and animal h ...
, which protects 80% of the sources of the river.
See also
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List of rivers of Acre
List of rivers in Acre (Brazilian State).
The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. Acre is located entirely within the Amazon Basin.
By ...
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List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Acre (state)
Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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