Caeté River (Acre)

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Caeté River
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Native nameRio Caeté  (Portuguese)
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Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
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  location Acre state
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  coordinates
9°02′58″S68°38′53″W / 9.049373°S 68.648073°W / -9.049373; -68.648073 Coordinates: 9°02′58″S68°38′53″W / 9.049373°S 68.648073°W / -9.049373; -68.648073

Caeté River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil, a tributary of the Iaco River.

The Caeté River flows through the centre of the 750,795 hectares (1,855,250 acres) Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve, established in 2002 to support sustainable use of the natural resources by the traditional population. [1]

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References

  1. RESEX do Cazumbá-Iracema (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-16