The Maicuru River is a river of
Pará
Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana a ...
state in north-central
Brazil
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, a tributary of the Amazon that discharges into that river via the
Lago Grande de Monte Alegre.
The river basin lies partly within the
Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.
Part of the river's basin is in the
Maicuru Biological Reserve
The Maicuru Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica Maicuru), is a strictly protected biological reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It covers of Amazon rainforest.
Location
The reserve lies between the Maicuru and Jari rivers on the b ...
.
The river is also fed by streams in the
Mulata National Forest
Mulata National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Mulata) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Mulata National Forest has an area of .
It is almost equally divided between the municipalities of Alenquer (49.7%) and ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.
See also
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List of rivers of Pará
List of rivers in Pará (Brazilian State).
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 Pará drain to the A ...
References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Pará
Tributaries of the Amazon River
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