The Rio Verde is a river in the state of
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 ...
, Brazil. It is a tributary of the
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...
.
The
Cisalpina Private Natural Heritage Reserve
The Cisalpina Private Natural Heritage Reserve is a private natural heritage reserve in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
It contains an area of marshland at the head of the reservoir of the Eng Sérgio Motta Dam on the Paraná River.
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protects the region where the Rio Verde and
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...
converge, and contains a complex system of interconnected lagoons, streams and channels connected to the channel of the Paraná, which has shifted its bed to the east over time.
There are traces of old channels of the Paraná dating back 10,000 to 40,000 years.
See also
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List of rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul
List of rivers in Mato Grosso do Sul (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. All rivers in Mato Grosso do Sul drain ...
References
Sources
Brazilian Ministry of Transport* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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Rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul
Tributaries of the Paraná River
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