Coordinates: 5°20′39″S 60°25′56″W / 5.344220°S 60.432226°W / -5.344220; -60.432226

Arauá River (Aripuanã River tributary)

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Arauá River
Arauá River (Aripuanã River tributary) is located in Brazil
Arauá River (Aripuanã River tributary)
Native nameRio Arauá (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAmazonas state
Mouth 
 • location
Aripuanã River, Novo Aripuanã, Amazonas
 • coordinates
5°20′39″S 60°25′56″W / 5.344220°S 60.432226°W / -5.344220; -60.432226
Basin features
River systemAripuanã River

The Arauá River (Portuguese: Rio Arauá) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Aripuanã River.

Course

The Arauá River runs through the 589,611 hectares (1,456,960 acres) Juma Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006.[1] It merges into the Aripuanã shortly before the latter merges into the Madeira River.

See also

References

  1. ^ Viana 2010, p. 28.

Sources

  • Viana, Virgilio (March 2010), Plano de Gestão da RDS do Juma (PDF) (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-06-15[permanent dead link]


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