Jatuarana River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western

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, a tributary of the

Manicoré River Manicoré River ( pt, Rio Manicoré) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River and merges into this river about upstream from the town of Manicoré. The headwaters of the river are in the Campos ...

. The river flows through the

Manicoré Biological Reserve The Manicoré Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica do Manicoré) is a biological reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It fully protects an intact area of the Amazon rainforest that is rich in biodiversity, and serves as part of a shie ...

, created by decree in May 2016 in the week before the provisional removal of president

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. The reserve was created in part to preserve the biodiversity of the Jatuarana.

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Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-river-stub

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