Macauã River is a river of
Acre state 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 ...
, a tributary of the
Iaco River
Iaco River is a river of Acre and Amazonas states in western Brazil.
See also
*List of rivers of Acre
*List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
List of rivers in Amazonas (Brazilian State).
The list is arranged by drainage basin, with ...
.
The river forms most of the southeast boundary of the
Macauã National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1988.
It flows through the northern part of the
São Francisco National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.
It then flows through the eastern part of the
Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve
The Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Cazumbá-Iracema) is an extractive reserve in the state of Acre, Brazil.
The inhabitants extract rubber, Brazil nuts and other products from the forest for their own consumption o ...
, established in 2002 to support sustainable use of the natural resources by the traditional population.
See also
*
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 ...
References
Rivers of Acre (state)
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