Cubatão River (south Santa Catarina)

Cubatão River
Native name Rio Cubatão
Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
Main source Santa Catarina state
River mouth Atlantic Ocean, Palhoça, Santa Catarina
27°41′54″S 48°38′13″W / 27.698296°S 48.636924°W / -27.698296; -48.636924Coordinates: 27°41′54″S 48°38′13″W / 27.698296°S 48.636924°W / -27.698296; -48.636924
Basin features
Tributaries

The Cubatão River (south Santa Catarina) is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil.

The sources of the river are in the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a mountainous region to the south west of Florianópolis covered in lush rain forest. The river supplies water to the greater Florianópolis region.[1] It enters the Atlantic to the south of the suburb of Palhoça.

See also

References

  1. Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11
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