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river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

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Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", re ...

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Brazilian State The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which ...

). The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Rio Grande do Norte drain to the

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By Drainage Basin

* Guaju River * Cunaú River ** Curimataú River *** Calabouço River * Catu River * Jacu River (Japi River) * Trairi River ** Baldum River * Cajupiranga River ** Canto River ** Pitimbu River *

Potengi River The Potenji River (Portuguese: Rio Potenji), meaning "river of the shrimps" in Tupi, is the principal river in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil). Its delta, that discharges in the coastline of Natal, was soon discovered by the first colo ...

(Potenji River, Rio Grande do Norte) ** Jundiaí River * Doce River * Ceará-Mirim River * Maxaranguape River * Punaú River * Piranhas River (Açu River) ** Salgado River (Amargoso River) ** Pataxós River ** Paraú River **

Bodó River The Bodó River is a river of Rio Grande do Norte state in northeastern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and wit ...

Seridó River The Seridó River is a tributary of the Piranhas River in northeastern Brazil. The Seridó originates in the Borborema Plateau in Paraíba state, and flows northwest through Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is o ...

*** Sabugi River *** Acauã River **** Currais Novos River **

Espinharas River The Espinharas River is a river of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte states in western Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin Ameri ...

* Dos Cavalos River (also a Piranhas River distributary) ** Umbuzerio River * Apodi River ** Do Carmo River *** Upanema River ** Umari River

Alphabetically

* Acauã River * Apodi River * Baldum River *

* Cajupiranga River * Calabouço River * Canto River * Do Carmo River * Catu River * Dos Cavalos River * Ceará-Mirim River * Cunaú River * Curimataú River * Currais Novos River * Doce River *

* Guaju River * Jacu River (Japi River) * Jundiaí River * Maxaranguape River * Paraú River * Pataxós River * Piranhas River (Açu River) * Pitimbu River *

(Potenji River, Rio Grande do Norte) * Punaú River * Sabugi River * Salgado River (Amargoso River) *

* Trairi River * Umari River * Umbuzerio River * Upanema River

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