The Jutaí River () is a river in
Amazonas state in north-western
Brazil
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.
Course
The river flows through the
Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.
The Jutaí river runs northeast before reaching its mouth on the southern bank of the
Amazon River (
Solimões section).
It is west of the
Juruá River
The Juruá River ( ; ) is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River. The Juruá emerges from highlands in east-central Peru, then winds its way through lowlands in Brazil, sharing with this the bottom of the immense in ...
, and is roughly parallel to the lower Juruá.
The
Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve
The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve () is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) takes its name from the Blue-throated piping guan (''Aburria cuman ...
, established in 2003, lies on either side of the river in the municipality of
Jutaí
Jutaí is a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinat ...
.
It is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.
Further downstream the river forms the boundary between the
Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve
The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve () is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Jutaí, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The Jutaí River forms the western boun ...
, created in 2002, to the southeast and the
Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station
The Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station () is an ecological station in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of flooded and terra firme forest in the Amazon biome.
Location
The Ecological Station covers in the Amazonia biome.
T ...
to the northwest.
See also
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List of rivers of Amazonas
References
Sources
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Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Tributaries of the Amazon River
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