Dos Marmelos 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.

Dos Marmelos River
Native nameRio dos Marmelos  (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationAmazonas state
Mouth 
  location
Madeira River
  coordinates
6.147621°S 61.786841°W / -6.147621; -61.786841
Length510 km (320 mi)[1]
Basin features
River systemMadeira River

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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