Ji-Paraná River
| Ji-Paraná River Machado River | |
|---|---|
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  Location of the mouth of the Ji-Paraná River in the Amazonas watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Parecis plateau, Rondônia, Brazil |
| Mouth | Madeira River |
• location | Rondônia, Brazil |
• coordinates | 8°02′55″S 62°53′51″W / 8.048599°S 62.897437°W |
| Length | 820 km (510 mi)[1] |
The Ji-Paraná River (Machado River), sometimes spelled Jiparaná, is a river in Rondônia state in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. For much of its length it runs roughly parallel with the northeastern state border of Rondônia. The city of Ji-Paraná is divided by the river.
Part of the river's basin is covered by the 221,218 hectares (546,640 acres) Jacundá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit.[2] Part of the basin is in the 346,861 hectares (857,110 acres) Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984.[3] The river forms the southern boundary in Rondônia of 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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 21 October 2013 suggested (help) - ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Jacundá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-16
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Jaru (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-27
- ^ Parna Campos Amazônicos Mapa Interativo (in Portuguese), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-06-03