The Piquirí River ( pt, Rio Piquirí) is a river of
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP.
Neighboring ...
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 ...
. It is a tributary of the
São Lourenço River.
Course
The Piquirí River rises in the south of Mato Grosso at the convergence of the Peixe de Couro and the Itiquira rivers.
It flows west to the border between Mato Grosso and
Mato Grosso do Sul
Mato Grosso do Sul () is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay, to the southwest, and ...
, where it is joined by the
Correntes River. It continues to meander west along the border between Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, receiving the Braço de São Lourenço River from the right (north). It defines the southern boundary of the
Encontro das Águas State Park
The Encontro das Águas State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
It covers an area of the pantanal rich in watercourses.
Location
The Encontro das Águas State Park is divided betw ...
, joining the São Lourenço at the southwest boundary of the park.
The region, rich in watercourses, supports diverse
pantanal
The Pantanal () is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and ...
vegetation.
See also
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List of rivers of Mato Grosso
List of rivers in Mato Grosso (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. Mato Grosso is divided by those streams that f ...
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Rivers of Mato Grosso
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