Mariepauá River
| Mariepauá River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Mariepauá (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Madeira River, Novo Aripuanã, Amazonas |
• coordinates | 5°15′54″S 60°33′21″W / 5.264955°S 60.555699°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Madeira River |
The Mariepauá River (Portuguese: Rio Mariepauá) is a tributary of the Madeira River in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Course
[edit]The river defines the western boundary of the 589,611 hectares (1,456,960 acres) Juma Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006 to support sustainable extraction of forest resources by the traditional population.[1] Two new species of fish have been found in the river.[2] In March 2015 Google launched imagery of the river in its "Street View" feature of Google Maps.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Viana 2010, p. 28.
- ^ RDS do Juma – ISA.
- ^ Paresh Dave 2015.
Sources
[edit]- Paresh Dave (2 March 2015), "Google releases 'Street View' of Amazon rainforest", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2016-06-15
- RDS do Juma (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-15
- Viana, Virgilio (March 2010), Plano de Gestão da RDS do Juma (PDF) (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-06-15[permanent dead link]