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Bocaina River

Coordinates: 22°39′22″S 45°00′14″W / 22.656189°S 45.003952°W / -22.656189; -45.003952
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Bocaina River
Bocaina River is located in Brazil
Bocaina River
Native nameRibeirão Bocaina (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Cachoeira Paulista
 • coordinates
22°39′22″S 45°00′14″W / 22.656189°S 45.003952°W / -22.656189; -45.003952
Basin features
River systemParaíba do Sul

The Bocaina River (Portuguese: Ribeirão Bocaina) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul.

The headwaters are protected by the 292,000 hectares (720,000 acres) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-01