Cubatão River (south Santa Catarina)
Cubatão River | |
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Native name | Rio Cubatão Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Santa Catarina state |
Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean, Palhoça, Santa Catarina |
• coordinates | 27°41′54″S 48°38′13″W / 27.698296°S 48.636924°W |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Vargem do Braço River |
The Cubatão River (south Santa Catarina) is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil.
The sources of the river are in the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a mountainous region to the south west of Florianópolis covered in lush rain forest. The river supplies water to the greater Florianópolis region.[1] It enters the Atlantic to the south of the suburb of Palhoça.
See also
References
- ^ Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11