The Manhuaçu River is a river of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...
state in southeastern
Brazil
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.
The river is in the
Doce River
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The river basin is economically important. In 2015 the collapse of a dam released highly contaminated water from mining into the river ...
basin.
It runs past the
Feliciano Miguel Abdala Private Natural Heritage Reserve
Feliciano Miguel Abdala Private Natural Heritage Reserve ( pt, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Feliciano Miguel Abdala), formerly the Fazenda Montes Claros and then the Caratinga Biological Station, is a privately owned sustainable-use pr ...
, located on its left bank, home to one of the last wild populations of
northern muriqui woolly spider monkeys.
See also
*
List of rivers of Minas Gerais
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References
Sources
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Ministry of Transport
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* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Minas Gerais
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