Mucuim River

The Mucuim River (Portuguese: Rio Mucuim) is a river in Brazil, a tributary of the Purus River.

Mucuim River
Native nameRio Mucuim  (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Purus River
 • coordinates
6.540548°S 64.342590°W / -6.540548; -64.342590
Length350 kilometres (220 mi)[1]
Basin features
River systemPurus River

Course

The Mucuim river flows through the Mapinguari National Park, a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008.[2] To the north of the national park it is crossed by the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230), then runs through the Balata-Tufari National Forest before joining the Purus.[3] The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches.[4] It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus.

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See also

References
  1. Ziesler & Ardizzone 1979.
  2. Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
  3. Flona de Balata-Tufari Mapa Interativo – ICMBio.
  4. Sears.

Sources
  • Flona de Balata-Tufari Mapa Interativo (in Portuguese), ICMBio, archived from the original on 2016-08-17, retrieved 2016-06-03
  • Sears, Robin, Northern South America: Northwestern Brazil (NT0157), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-16
  • Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional Mapinguari (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-02
  • 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 21 October 2013


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