Cautário 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.

Cautário River
Cautário River in the dry season
Native nameRio Cautário  (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationRondônia state
Mouth 
 • location
Guaporé River
 • coordinates
12.211400°S 64.595044°W / -12.211400; -64.595044
Basin features
River systemGuaporé 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]

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See also

References
  1. Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
  2. RESEX do Rio Cautário – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).

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
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