The Mutuacá River ( pt, Rio Mutuacá) is a river in the state of
Pará, Brazil, a tributary of the
Pará River
The Pará River (), also called Parauaú River, Jacaré Grande River, Marajó River Channel, Macacos River Channel, Ribeirão Santa Maria, Santa Maria River Channel and Bocas Bay, is a watercourse and immense Estuary, estuarine complex that fun ...
The river is on the island of
Marajó to the northwest of
Belém in the delta region where the
Amazon and
Tocantins rivers empty into the
Atlantic Ocean.
It runs through part of the
Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve
The Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Terra Grande-Pracuúba) is an extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006.
It flows south into the
Pará River
The Pará River (), also called Parauaú River, Jacaré Grande River, Marajó River Channel, Macacos River Channel, Ribeirão Santa Maria, Santa Maria River Channel and Bocas Bay, is a watercourse and immense Estuary, estuarine complex that fun ...
, which connects the
Amazon River
The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.
The headwaters of t ...
to the
Tocantins River.
See also
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List of rivers of Pará
References
Rivers of Pará
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