| Passo Fundo River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Rio Grande do Sul state |
| Mouth | |
• location | Uruguay River |
The Passo Fundo River (Portuguese, Rio Passo Fundo [1] ) is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Uruguay River.
Coordinates: 27°17′8″S52°41′26″W / 27.28556°S 52.69056°W [2]
The Uruguay River is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countries. It passes between the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil; forms the eastern border of the provinces of Misiones, Corrientes, and Entre Ríos in Argentina; and makes up the western borders of the departments of Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, Río Negro, Soriano, and Colonia in Uruguay.
Passo Fundo is a municipality in the north of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is named after its river. It's the twelfth largest city in the state with an estimated population of 204,722 inhabitants living in a total municipal area of 780 km2.
The Jacuí River is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil. The Jacuí empties into the Guaíba River, an estuarine arm of the Lagoa dos Patos, a large coastal lagoon connected to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Passo Fundo is an archdiocese located in the city of Passo Fundo. Before being elevated to an archdiocese itself in 2011 it was part of the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre in Brazil.
Casca is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 9,051.
The Diocese of Erechim is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is Erechim. The Diocese of Erexim is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.
The Irani River is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Uruguay River.
The Rio da Várzea is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Uruguay River.
The Ijuí River is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Uruguay River.
The Itu River is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Ibicuí River, which in turn is a tributary of the Uruguay River.
The Santa Rosa River is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Uruguay River.
The Federal University of Fronteira Sul is a public, federally-funded Brazilian university serving the interior of Southern Brazil. It was formally founded by act of legislature in September 2009, and planned to graduate 10,000 students within its first five years.
Departamento Aeroportuário (DAP) is the department of aviation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. DAP is part of the Secretaria de Transportes do Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, and is responsible for the operation of 7 public airports within the state, in accordance to directives from the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC).
Lauro Kurtz Airport is the airport serving Passo Fundo, Brazil.
BR-285 is an east-west Brazilian federal highway that starts in Araranguá, Santa Catarina, and crosses the Gaucho range and highlands. It stretches approximately 674.5 km, passing through cities such as Vacaria, Lagoa Vermelha, Passo Fundo, Carazinho, Ijuí e São Luiz Gonzaga, and ends in São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, on the border of Argentina.
Noroeste Rio-Grandense was one of the seven Mesoregions on the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. It included 216 municipalities grouped in thirteen microregions. The IBGE has since discontinued the microregion system for population tracking, replacing it with the term "immediate geographic region".
Hisonotus megaloplax is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the drainage basin of the Passo Fundo River, which is a tributary of the Uruguay River. It reaches 4.7 cm SL.