Macauã River
Macauã River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil, a tributary of the Iaco River.
Macauã River | |
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Native name | Rio Macauã (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Acre state |
Mouth | |
• location | Iaco River, Sena Madureira, Acre |
• coordinates | 9.187644°S 68.717920°W |
Basin features | |
River system | Iaco River |
The river forms most of the southeast boundary of the 176,349 hectares (435,770 acres) Macauã National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1988.[1] It flows through the northern part of the 21,148 hectares (52,260 acres) São Francisco National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[2] It then flows through the eastern part 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.[3]
See also
References
- FLONA do Macauã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-19
- FLONA de São Francisco (in Portuguese), ISA:Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-21
- RESEX do Cazumbá-Iracema (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-16
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