Dos Marmelos River

Dos Marmelos River
Native name Rio dos Marmelos
Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
Main source Amazonas state
River mouth Madeira River
6°08′51″S 61°47′13″W / 6.147621°S 61.786841°W / -6.147621; -61.786841Coordinates: 6°08′51″S 61°47′13″W / 6.147621°S 61.786841°W / -6.147621; -61.786841
Length 510 km (320 mi)[1]
Basin features
River system Madeira River

Dos Marmelos River (Portuguese: Rio dos Marmelos) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River, and merges into this river about 80 km (50 mi) upstream from the town of Manicoré.

The headwaters of the river are in the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that holds an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-03


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