Acari River (Amazonas)

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Acari River
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Native nameRio Acari  (Portuguese)
Location
Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Amazonas state
Mouth  
  coordinates
5°16′56″S59°40′54″W / 5.282220°S 59.681626°W / -5.282220; -59.681626 Coordinates: 5°16′56″S59°40′54″W / 5.282220°S 59.681626°W / -5.282220; -59.681626
Basin features
River system Canumã River

Acari River (Portuguese : Rio Acari) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.

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Course

The river flows through the 896,411 hectares (2,215,080 acres) Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office. [1] It defines the eastern boundary of the 589,611 hectares (1,456,960 acres) Juma Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006. [2] It joins the Sucunduri River from the left, and the downstream section is known as the Canumã River.

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References

  1. PARNA do Acari – ISA.
  2. Viana 2010, p. 28.

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