Ituxi River | |
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Native name | Rio Ituxi (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Purus River |
• coordinates | 7°18′37″S 64°51′17″W / 7.310352°S 64.854817°W |
Length | 640 km (400 mi) |
Basin size | 43,676 km2 (16,863 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Confluence of Purus, Amazonas State |
• average | 1,263 m3/s (44,600 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Iquiri River |
Ituxi River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Purus River.
Course
The Ituxi River is 640 kilometres (400 mi) in length.[3] It originates near Acrelândia in the state of Acre. It is a blackwater river that flows through the 776,940 hectares (1,919,900 acres) Ituxi Extractive Reserve, created in 2008, in a northeast direction.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "PLANO ESTADUAL DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO AMAZONAS, (PERH/AM) - RT 03 - DIAGNÓSTICO, PROGNÓSTICO E CENÁRIOS FUTUROS DO RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO ESTADO - TOMO III" (PDF). Jan 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "PLANO ESTADUAL DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO AMAZONAS, (PERH/AM) - RT 03 - DIAGNÓSTICO, PROGNÓSTICO E CENÁRIOS FUTUROS DO RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO ESTADO - TOMO III" (PDF). Jan 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ RESEX Ituxi (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30