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Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

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). 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 Pernambuco drain to the

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Goiana River The Goiana River is a river in Pernambuco state of northeastern Brazil. It is formed by the confluence of the Tracunhaém and Capibaribe Mirim rivers, and drains eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. The Goiana River marks the northern extent of th ...

** Pitanga River *** Siriji River ** Orobó River ** Tracunhaém River * Zumbi River * Paratibe River *

Beberibe River Beberibe River is a river located in Pernambuco, Brazil. The river rises in the city of Camaragibe from the confluence of the rivers Araçá and Pacas, and is 23.7 km long. Its drainage basin measures 81 square kilometers and includes the ...

Capibaribe River The Capibaribe River () is a river located in Pernambuco state, Brazil, with a length of 240 kilometers. The Capibaribe originates in the Serra do Jacarará, in the municipality of Poção, and flows to the Atlantic Ocean at Recife. Etymology ...

** Tapacurã River ** Goiatá River * Tejipió River * Jaboatão River ** Pirapama River ** Gurjaú River * Ipojuca River *

Sirinhaém River The Sirinhaém River is a river of Pernambuco state in eastern 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 2 ...

** Tapirucu River * Una River ** Jacuípe River ** Preto River ** Palmares River *** Piranji River * Persinunga River * Mundaú River ** Inhumas River * Paraíba River * São Francisco River ** Traipu River ** Ipanema River **

Moxotó River The Moxotó River is a tributary of the São Francisco River in northeastern Brazil. The Moxotó originates on the Borborema Plateau in Pernambuco state, and flows southwest to join the São Francisco. The lower portion of the river forms the borde ...

** Do Navio River ** Pajeú River ** Ouricuri River ** Terra Nova River ** Brigida River *** São Pedro River **** São João River *** Gravatá River ** Garça River ** Pontal River

Alphabetically

* Brigida River *

* Garça River *

* Goiatá River * Gravatá River * Gurjaú River * Inhumas River * Ipanema River * Ipojuca River * Jaboatão River * Jacuípe River *

* Mundaú River * Do Navio River * Orobó River * Ouricuri River * Pajeú River * Palmares River * Paraíba River * Paratibe River * Persinuga River * Piranji River * Pirapama River * Pitanga River * Pontal River * Preto River * São Francisco River * São João River * São Pedro River * Siriji River *

* Tapacurã River * Tapirucu River * Terra Nova River * Tijipió River * Tracunhaém River * Traipu River * Una River * Zumbi River

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