Vargem do Braço River

Vargem do Braço River
Scenery in the community of Vargem do Braço near the river mouth.
Native name Rio Vargem do Braço
Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
River mouth Cubatão River, Morro da Pipa, Santa Catarina
27°42′24″S 48°42′06″W / 27.706613°S 48.701801°W / -27.706613; -48.701801Coordinates: 27°42′24″S 48°42′06″W / 27.706613°S 48.701801°W / -27.706613; -48.701801
Basin features
River system Cubatão River

The Vargem do Braço River (Portuguese: Rio Vargem do Braço) is a river of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Course

The Vargem do Braço River rises in the lushly-forested Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) protected area created in 1975.[1] The Serra do Tabuleiro, with altitudes above 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), is the largest mountain in the east-central portion of the state.[2] The river is the main source of water for the greater Florianópolis metropolitan region.[2] The river seems to have flowed NNW until quite recently, when a major tectonic event forced it to change its course. It now flows ENE to enter the Cubatão River near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean.[3]

See also

References

Sources

  • José Pedro de Paiva Reis; Edison Ramos Tomazzoli (September 2010), "Evidências de neotectônica na bacia do Rio Vargem do Braço, SC", Revista de Geografia (in Portuguese), Recife: UFPE – DCG/NAPA, VIII SINAGEO (1), retrieved 2016-06-11
  • Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11


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