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Curuçá River (Javari River tributary)

Coordinates: 4°26′47″S 71°24′16″W / 4.44639°S 71.40444°W / -4.44639; -71.40444
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Curuçá River
Map
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
SourceVale do Javari Indigenous Land, Atalaia do Norte, State of Amazonas
 • locationSierra del Divisor
 • coordinates6°53′19.3776″S 72°58′9.8004″W / 6.888716000°S 72.969389000°W / -6.888716000; -72.969389000
 • elevation180 m (590 ft)
MouthJavary River
 • coordinates
4°26′47″S 71°24′16″W / 4.44639°S 71.40444°W / -4.44639; -71.40444
 • elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Length530 km (330 mi)[1]
Basin size24,351 km2 (9,402 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationSeringal Santa Maria, Amazonas (near mouth)
 • average(Period: 1970-1996) 942 m3/s (33,300 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftPardo
 • rightArrojo

Curuçá River is a river of Amazonas state in northwestern Brazil.[3] It flows entirely within the municipality of Atalaia do Norte. Curuçá is a left tributary of the Javary River.

1930 Curuçá River event

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On August 13, 1930, the area near latitude 5° S and longitude 71.5° W experienced a meteoric air burst, also known as the Brazilian Tunguska event. The mass of the meteorite was estimated at between 1,000 and 25,000 short tons (910 and 22,680 t), with an energy release estimated between 0.1 and 5 megatons, significantly smaller than the Tunguska Event.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Michael, T. Coe; Marcos, Heil Costa; Aurélie, Botta; Charon, Birkett (23 Aug 2002). "Long-term simulations of discharge and floods in the Amazon Basin". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.549.3854.
  3. ^ Amazon Region Map, Brazilian Ministry of Transport.
  4. ^ *Reza, Ramiro de la. O evento do Curuçá: bólidos caem no Amazonas (The Curuçá Event: Bolides Fall in the Amazon) Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: National Observatory. Retrieved from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas website.