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Macaé River
The Macaé River is a river of Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil that flows into the Atlantic Ocean at the town of Macaé. The upper part of the Macaé River basin is protected by the Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area, created in 2001. The river basin also includes part of the União Biological Reserve, home to a population of endangered golden lion tamarin. See also *List of rivers of Rio de Janeiro List of rivers in Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro (States of Brazil, Brazilian State). We've arranged a list below, by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered fro ... References Brazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Rio de Janeiro (state) {{RiodeJaneiro-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro (state)
Rio de Janeiro () is one of the States of Brazil, 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of the Brazilian Gross domestic product, GDP. The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast (assigned by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE). Rio de Janeiro shares borders with all the other states in the same Southeast macroregion: Minas Gerais (North, N and Ordinal directions, NW), Espírito Santo (Ordinal direction, NE) and São Paulo (state), São Paulo (Ordinal directions, SW). It is bounded on the east and south by the South Atlantic Ocean. Rio de Janeiro has an area of . Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, which was the capital of the Portuguese Colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macaé
Macaé () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital. It is the birthplace of the 13th president of Brazil, Washington Luís. Geography Location Macaé is generally considered to be the centre of the offshore petroleum industry in Brazil and it is often referred to as "Cidade do Petróleo" ("City of Petroleum"). The Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has many facilities within the town. Macaé is one of the fastest-growing cities in Brazil, with a growth of 600% within the last 10 years. Benedito Lacerda Airport is served by scheduled flights and concentrates operations to off-shore platforms. Its population was estimated as 261,501 in 2020 and its municipality covers an area of 1,216 km². Other economic activities in the city include tourism and fishing. These two sectors were very important for the city's revenues before the 1980s. The city has a growing reputation for high-quality te ... [...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] |
Macaé De Cima Environmental Protection Area
The Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area () is a state-level environmental protection area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It protects an area of Atlantic Forest in the Serra do Mar mountains. Location The Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area (APA) covers an area of . is in the southern part of the municipality of Nova Friburgo, and is in the north of the municipality of Casimiro de Abreu. The APA adjoins the municipalities of Macaé, Trajano de Morais, Bom Jardim, Cachoeiras de Macacu and Silva Jardim. It lies completely within the basin of the Macaé River. The RJ-142 highway between the cities of Nova Friburgo and Casimiro de Abreu runs through the APA beside the Macaé River. The APA overlaps with the Rio Bonito and Macaé de Cima municipal environmental protection areas and the Três Picos State Park. It is in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006. History The Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
União Biological Reserve
União Biological Reserve ( ) is a strictly protected Biological reserve (Brazil), biological reserve in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is home to a population of endangered golden lion tamarin. Location The União Biological Reserve covers parts of the municipalities of Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, Casimiro de Abreu, Macaé and Rio das Ostras in the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is in the Atlantic Forest biome, and covers . Altitude varies from . About 58% of the reserve covers the hilly coastal area, with small rounded hills. Another 40% is a more rugged region of ridges and escarpments. There are some small areas of flooded land. The reserve is drained by the basins of the Macaé River, Macaé, São João River (Rio de Janeiro), São João and Ostras River, Ostras rivers. Average annual rainfall is . Temperatures range from with an average of . The reserve holds areas of marshland and coastal Atlantic Forest in good condition. An exotic eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Lion Tamarin
The golden lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus rosalia''; ), less commonly known as the golden lion marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species. The geographic range is entirely within the state of Rio de Janeiro. A 2022/2023 census estimated about 4,800 individuals living in the current primary area of occurrence in the non-coastal area of the São João and Macaé river basins, with unknown but smaller additional numbers in limited coastal forests and to the west of the primary area of occurrence.Rubião, E. C. N., Pissinatti, A., Lourenço Junior, M., Cattaneo, C. A. M., Romijn, P. C., Oliveira, J. D. V., Borré, L. B., Santos, D. A., Mendonça, A. C., Nascimento, J. L., and L. C. Oliveira. (2022) Registros do mico-leão-dourado (Leontopithecus rosalia) na Região Metropolitana do Estado do Rio de Janeiro ecords of the golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Rio De Janeiro (state)
List of rivers in Rio de Janeiro (Brazilian State). We've arranged a list below, 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 Rio de Janeiro drain to the Atlantic Ocean. By Drainage Basin * Itabapoana River * Guaxindiba River * Paraíba do Sul ** Muriaé River *** São Domingos River *** Carangola River **** Conceição River ** Do Colégio River ** Dois Rios River *** Negro River *** Grande River **** Bengala River ** Pomba River ** Pirapetinga River ** Paquequer River *** São Francisco River ** Calçado River ** Paraibuna River *** Preto River **** Das Flores River ***** Bonito River **** São Fernando River ** Piabanha River *** Fagundes River *** Preto River **** Paquequer River **** Das Bengalas River **** Dos Frades River ** Alegre River ** Piraí River ** Cachimbau River ** Barra Mansa River ** Bananal River *** Bocaina Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
