Piriá River (Pará River)

Piriá River
Native name Rio Piriá
Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
Main source Pará state
River mouth Pará River
1°43′05″S 50°03′45″W / 1.718155°S 50.062635°W / -1.718155; -50.062635Coordinates: 1°43′05″S 50°03′45″W / 1.718155°S 50.062635°W / -1.718155; -50.062635
Basin features
River system Pará River
Tributaries

The Piriá River is a river of Pará state in northeastern Brazil, a tributary of the Pará River.

The river is on the island of Marajó to the northwest of Belém in the delta region where the Amazon and Tocantins rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. It runs through part of the 194,868 hectares (481,530 acres) Terra Grande-Pracuúba Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006.[1] It flows south into the Pará River, which connects the Amazon River to the Tocantins River.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Terra Grande-Pracuúba (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-29


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