Cautário River
Cautário River | |
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Cautário River in the dry season | |
Native name | Rio Cautário Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Rondônia state |
Mouth | |
• location | Guaporé River |
Basin features | |
River system | Guaporé River |
The Cautário River (Portuguese: Rio Cautário) is a river of Rondônia state in western Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Guaporé River.
Course
The Cautário River rises in the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Territory. It is fed by streams from the 650 metres (2,130 ft) Serra Uopianes and the 750 metres (2,460 ft) Serra Pacaás Novos.[1] The river runs in a southwest direction, forming the boundary between the Rio Cautário Federal Extractive Reserve and the Rio Cautário State Extractive Reserve.[2] It flows into the Guaporé/Mamoré river, which in turn feeds the Madeira River at the city of Nova Mamoré.[1]
The Cautário River has clear waters fed by a region without major deforestation and silting of the river's margins. It has rapids, but always with a drop of less than 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). These include Bom Destino, Desengano, Esperança and Cujubim. The most rugged stretch is between Redenção e Bom Destino. It is navigable, even in the middle section around Bom Destino, but only in the rainy season. During the dry season the river bed has extensive sandbanks.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
- ^ RESEX do Rio Cautário – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
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Sources
- RESEX do Rio Cautário (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-14
- Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista do Rio Cautário (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-09-15