Piriá River (Pará River tributary)
| Piriá River | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Rio Piriá (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pará state |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pará River |
• coordinates | 1°43′05″S 50°03′45″W / 1.718155°S 50.062635°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Pará River |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Mucutá River |
The Piriá River (Portuguese: Rio Piriá) is a river of Marajó, which itself is an island in the mouth of the Amazon. It is located in the state Pará in northern Brazil, and is a tributary to the Pará River.
The Piriá originates from three streams that flow from the flooded igapó forests on Marajó Island. A village that is also called Piriá is located on its left bank, a little upstream from where it flows into the Pará River.[1]
The river runs through part of the 194,868 hectares (481,530 acres) Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Lisboa, P.L.B. (2012). A Terra dos Aruã: Uma história ecológica do arquipelágo do Marajó. Belém: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Terra Grande-Pracuúba (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-29
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