Tarauacá River

Tarauacá River (Portuguese: Rio Tarauacá is a river of Amazonas and Acre states in western Brazil. The Rio Tarauacá is a tributary of the Juruá River, which itself flows into the Amazon.

Tarauacá River
Tarauacá River is located in Brazil
Tarauacá River
Native nameRio Tarauacá (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationAcre state
Mouth 
  location
Juruá River, Amazonas state
  coordinates
6.695257°S 69.764563°W / -6.695257; -69.764563
Basin features
River systemJuruá River
Tributaries 
  leftAcurauá River

Course

The headwaters of the Tarauacá are located near the Brazilian border with Peru. It is upper reaches it flows from south to north through the Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve, created in 2000.[1] The Brazilian cities of Tarauacá and Eirunepé lie along the banks of the Tarauacá River further east.

See also

References

  1. RESEX do Alto Tarauacá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-07


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