Das Antas River (Rio Grande do Sul)

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Das Antas River
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Location
Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Aparados da Serra National Park
  elevation1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Mouth Taquari River
  coordinates
29°5′S51°43′W / 29.083°S 51.717°W / -29.083; -51.717
  elevation
100 m (330 ft)
Length390 km (240 mi)

The Das Antas River (Portuguese : Rio das Antas) is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. Below its junction with the Carreiro it forms the Taquari River. [1]

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References

  1. Vocabulário geográfico do estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). 1950. p. 250. AntasRio (das), ... Alfredo Chaves e Guaporé, separados pelo Carreiro, afluente da margem direita, abaixo de cuja Barra o rio das Antas toma o nome de Taquari