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Cupari River

Coordinates: 3°43′22″S 55°24′15″W / 3.722778°S 55.404167°W / -3.722778; -55.404167
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Cupari River
Native nameRio Cupari (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationState of Pará
Mouth 
 • coordinates
3°43′22″S 55°24′15″W / 3.722778°S 55.404167°W / -3.722778; -55.404167
Basin features
River systemTapajós

The Cupari River (Portuguese: Rio Cupari) is a river that flows into the Tapajós in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Rio Cupari is in the eastern part of the Amazon River basin.

The river flows through the Itaituba I National Forest, a 220,639 hectares (545,210 acres) sustainable use conservation area established in 1998.[1] Before entering the Tapajós it flows along the south west boundary of the Tapajós National Forest, a 549,067 hectares (1,356,770 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1974.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Itaituba I (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-29
  2. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional do Tapajós (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-30