Aramá River
| Aramá River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Aramá (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Mondongo swamps, Marajó |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 1°05′06″S 50°41′02″W / 1.084906°S 50.683972°W |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Mapuá River |
The Aramá River (Portuguese: Rio Aramá) is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Jacaré Grande River.
Course
[edit]The Aramá River rises on the island of Marajó in the delta region where the Amazon 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.[1] 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.[2] The reserve is mostly lowland floodplain, with some terra firma in the centre of the territory.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Globus. Vol. 85. Bibliographisches Institut. 1904.
- ^ RESEX Mapuá – ISA.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
Sources
[edit]- RESEX Mapuá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-30
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Mapuá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-30
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