The Pacaás Novos River ( pt, Rio Pacaás Novos) is a river of

Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, ...

state in western

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. It is a tributary of the

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, which it joins from the right just above

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. The Pacaás Novos River rises in the mountains in the west of the

Pacaás Novos National Park Pacaás Novos National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional de Pacaás Novos) is a national park in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. The park contains a mountain range by the same name. Location The park is in the Amazon biome. It covers an area of . ...

and flows west from there through the

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. The

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, a right tributary that flows from the east through the

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, joins the Pacaás Novos River on the west boundary of the reserve, which is defined by this section of the Pacaás Novos.

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* * Rivers of Rondônia {{Rondônia-river-stub