The Poxim River ( pt, Rio Poxim) is a river of

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Serg ...

state in northeastern

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 ...

. The river runs through the

sertão The ''sertão'' (, plural ''sertões'') is the "hinterland" or "backcountry". In Brazil, it refers both to one of the four sub-regions of the Northeast Region of Brazil (similar to the specific association of "outback" with Australia in English ...

region of Sergipe. Its upper reaches are occupied by

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

farms (50%) and pastures (35%) and its mouth by an industrial zone. Almost all vegetation in the basin of the river and its tributaries has been removed, resulting in little diversity of flora and fauna in the region. In the colonial period sugarcane

plantations A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

, notably the Engenho Poxim, were located along the river and it was used for both irrigation and transportation. Numerous ruins related to sugarcane plantations are located near the river. The Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception of Engenho Poxim, now deserted, is a national heritage site located along a tributary of the river.

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