Jauaperi River
| Jauaperi River | |
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| Native name | Rio Jauaperi Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Amazonas |
| Mouth | |
• location | Rio Negro |
• coordinates | 1°35′27″S 61°28′21″W / 1.590921°S 61.472624°W |
| Length | 530 kilometres (330 mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Rio Negro |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Alalaú River |
The Jauaperi River (Portuguese: Rio Jauaperi) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil, a tributary of the Rio Negro.
The lower section of the river forms part of the border between Amazonas and Roraima. Most of the river basin is in the 2,585,910 hectares (6,389,900 acres) Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory.[2]
See also
References
Sources
- Contemporary Waimiri Atroari society, ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-29
- 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