Meriti River

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Meriti River
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Location
Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationMaciço da Pedra Branca, Rio de Janeiro
Mouth  
  location
Guanabara Bay
  coordinates
22°48′17″S43°16′32″W / 22.80472°S 43.27556°W / -22.80472; -43.27556 Coordinates: 22°48′17″S43°16′32″W / 22.80472°S 43.27556°W / -22.80472; -43.27556
Length25.8 km (16.0 mi)
Basin size167 km2 (64 sq mi)

The Meriti is a river in Rio de Janeiro state in south-eastern Brazil.

It separates the municipalities of Duque de Caxias and São João de Meriti (north) from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro (south). Its mouth is at Guanabara Bay.

The name is of Tupi origin and means "water of the buriti" (from mburi'ti ("buriti") [1] and 'y ("water")). [2]

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References

  1. FERREIRA, A. B. H. Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. Segunda edição. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986. pp. 294, 1 140
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)