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Aramá River
The Aramá River () is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Jacaré Grande River. Course The Aramá River rises on the island of Marajó in the delta region where the Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ... and Tocantins rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Its source is in the swamp areas called '' mondongos'' that are normally flooded during the wet season. It forms the northern boundary in the western part of the Mapuá Extractive Reserve. The Mapuá River, a left tributary of the Aramã, runs along the southern boundary of the reserve. The reserve contains sheets of tidal water and mangroves. The reserve is mostly lowland floodplain, with some terra firma in the centre of the territory. See also * List of rivers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondongos
The mondongos are low-lying swamp fields in the north of the island Marajó in the Brazilian state Pará. They are flooded during the wet season, which occurs between January and May. The mondongos occur in the transition zone between the tropical rainforest on the west of the island and the savannas in the east. They stretch for around . The mondongos are situated on an old arm of the Amazon River that crossed the island Marajó when it was still forming. A ridge of sandstone separates them from the current main channel of this river. According to Ferreira Penna, the mondongos were created when the Amazon deposited sediments against this ridge. The many streams in the area have tides that are influenced by the Amazon, not by the Pará River. The mondongos are largely covered with swamp rice grass and water hyacinths. Their roots form a dense mass that makes the area difficult to thread. The edges of the mondongos, as well as the banks of the many streams are lined with '' anin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marajó
Marajó () is a large coastal island in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is the main and largest of the islands in the Marajó Archipelago. Marajó Island is separated from the mainland by Marajó Bay, Pará River, smaller rivers (especially Macacos and Tajapuru), Companhia River, Jacaré Grande River, Vieira Grande Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. From approximately 400 BC to 1600 AD, Marajó was the site of an advanced pre-Cabraline society called the Marajoara culture, which may have numbered more than 100,000 people at its peak. Today, the island is known for its large water buffalo population, as well as the ''pororoca'' tidal bore periodically exhibited by high tides overcoming the usual complex hydrodynamic interactions in the surrounding rivers. It is the second-largest island in South America, and the 35th largest island in the world. With a land area of Marajó is comparable in size to Switzerland. Its maximum span is long and in perpendicular width. Geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapuá River
The Mapuá River () is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Aramá River. In August 1659, the Treaty of the Mapuá was signed here by Portuguese Jesuits led by António Vieira with various indigenous peoples who inhabited the Marajó Archipelago. Course The Mapuá River rises on the island of Marajó in the delta region where the Amazon and Tocantins rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. It runs along the southern boundary of the Mapuá Extractive Reserve. The Mapuá is a left tributary of the Aramã, which forms the northern boundary of the reserve. The reserve contains sheets of tidal water and mangroves. The reserve is mostly lowland floodplain, with some terra firma in the centre of the territory. See also *List of rivers of Pará List of rivers in Pará ( Brazilian state). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pará
Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the Marajó bay, near the estuary of the Amazon river. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Pará is the most populous state of the North Region, Brazil, North Region, with a population of over 8.6 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, at , second only to Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas upriver. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon rainforest. Pará produces Natural rubber, rubber ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacaré Grande River
The Jacaré Grande River () is a river in the Pará state of north-central Brazil. It is considered an extension of the Rio Pará distribution channel. The Jacaré Grande River rises on the island of Marajó in the delta region where the Amazon River, Amazon and Tocantins River, Tocantins rivers enter into the Atlantic Ocean. It empties into the Vieira Grande Bay. The river is contained within the Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area. See also *List of rivers of Pará References Rivers of Pará Tributaries of the Amazon River {{Pará-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocantins River
The Tocantins River ( , Parkatêjê dialect, Parkatêjê: ''Pyti'' [pɨˈti]) is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country. In the Tupi language, its name means "toucan's beak" (''Tukã'' for "toucan" and ''Ti'' for "beak"). It runs from south to north for about . While sometimes included in definitions of the Amazon basin, the Tocantins is not a branch of the Amazon River, since its waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean via an eastern channel of the Amazon Delta, alongside those of the Amazon proper. It flows through four Brazilian states (Goiás, Tocantins, Maranhão, and Pará) and gives its name to one of Brazil's newest states, formed in 1988 from what was until then the northern portion of Goiás. The Tocantins is one of the largest Clearwater river (river type), clearwater rivers in South America. Course It rises in the mountainous district known as the Pirineus State Park, Pireneus, west of the Federal District, but its western tributary, the Araguaia Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondongos
The mondongos are low-lying swamp fields in the north of the island Marajó in the Brazilian state Pará. They are flooded during the wet season, which occurs between January and May. The mondongos occur in the transition zone between the tropical rainforest on the west of the island and the savannas in the east. They stretch for around . The mondongos are situated on an old arm of the Amazon River that crossed the island Marajó when it was still forming. A ridge of sandstone separates them from the current main channel of this river. According to Ferreira Penna, the mondongos were created when the Amazon deposited sediments against this ridge. The many streams in the area have tides that are influenced by the Amazon, not by the Pará River. The mondongos are largely covered with swamp rice grass and water hyacinths. Their roots form a dense mass that makes the area difficult to thread. The edges of the mondongos, as well as the banks of the many streams are lined with '' anin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapuá Extractive Reserve
The Mapuá Extractive Reserve () is an extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Mapuá Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Breves, Pará. It 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 is contained within the Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, established in 1989. It has an area of . The Mapuá River, a left tributary of the Aramã, runs along the reserve's southern boundary. The Aramá River forms the northern boundary in the western part of the reserve. It adjoins the Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve to the east. The reserve is in the Amazon biome. It contains sheets of tidal water and mangroves. The reserve is mostly lowland floodplain, with some terra firma in the centre of the territory. It is laced with rivers, stream, channels and lakes. The main rivers are the Mapuá, Aramã and Lado do Jacaré. History The Map ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Pará
List of rivers in Pará ( Brazilian state). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Pará drain to the Atlantic Ocean, the majority of the state is on the Amazon basin. By drainage basin * Amazon River ** Cajari River ** Anajás River *** Cururu River *** Moções River ** Jacaré River *** Aramá River **** Mapuá River *** Furo do Tajapuru (connects to Pará River) **** Da Laguna River (Pauxis River) *** De Breves River (connects to Pará River) ** Baquiá Preto River ** Jari River *** Carecuru River *** Ipitinga River ** Xingu River *** Jaraucu River *** Acarai River *** Tucurui River *** Bacajá River *** Bacajaí River *** Itata River *** Iriri River **** Novo River **** Carajarí River **** Curuá River ***** Baú River ***** Curuaés River **** Catete River **** Xinxim River **** Chiché River **** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
