The Subaé River () is a river in

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

state of

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. It has its source in the city of

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and runs to the mouth at the

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. The river was used by the Portuguese to create a large-scale sugarcane production in the Recôncavo region. The city of Santo Amaro was built on terraced land above the river. It has a single tributary, the Serjimirim River.

Pollution

The Subaé River is polluted along much of its course, notably by

lead Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleabl ...

zinc Zinc is a chemical element; it has symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodic tabl ...

, and

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. Lead pollution originated in industrial sewage of a processing facility owned by the Companhia Brasileira de Chumbo, now defunct.

References

{{reflist, 2, refs= {{cite journal, last1=Andrade, first1=Maiza Ferreira de, last2=Moraes, first2=Luiz Roberto Santos, title=Contaminação por chumbo em Santo Amaro desafia décadas de pesquisas e a morosidade do poder público, journal=Ambiente & Sociedade, volume=16, issue=2, year=2013, pages=63–80, issn=1414-753X, doi=10.1590/S1414-753X2013000200005, doi-access=free {{cite web , last = Ormindo de Azevedo , first = Paulo , url= http://www.hpip.org/def/en/Homepage/Entry?a=1137 , title= Santo Amaro , place= Lisbon, Portugal , year = 2018 , publisher=Heritage of Portuguese Influence/Património de Influência Portuguesa , accessdate=2018-10-30 {{cite book , last=Motta , first1=Paula Núbia Soares Dalto , url=https://www.ufrb.edu.br/pgsolos/images/DISSERTA%C3%87%C3%95ES/2015/Disserta%C3%A7%C3%A3o_SQE_-_Paula_N%C3%BAbia_Soares_Dalto_Motta.pdf , title=Bacia Do Rio Subaé, Bahia: Características Hidrográficas, Geomorfológicas E Hidroquímicas , location=Cruz Das Almas, Bahia , publisher=Universidade Federal Do Recôncavo Da Bahia , date=2015 , accessdate=2019-01-09 {{cite journal , title=A POLUIÇÃO DO RIO SUBAÉ , journal=Bahia Já , date=2009-01-23 , last=Moura , first=Antonio Jorge , url=http://bahiaja.com.br/artigo/2019/01/08/mais-de-uma-luz-por-mae-stella-de-oxossi-e-amos-oz,1118,0.html , accessdate=2019-01-09 Rivers of Bahia