Ivinhema River Rio Ivinhema (Portuguese) | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Mato Grosso do Sul state |
Mouth | Paraná River |
• coordinates | 23°15′S 53°43′W / 23.250°S 53.717°W |
Length | 595 km (370 mi) |
Basin size | 38,200 km2 (14,700 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | mouth |
• average | 544.5 m3/s (19,230 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Paraná River |
The Ivinhema River (Portuguese: Rio Ivinhema) is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil. It is one of the main tributaries of the western part of the Paraná River.
Forty-six different species of fish were found in seven streams in the river basin.[1] The lower reaches are protected by the 73,345 hectares (181,240 acres) Rio Ivinhema State Park, created in 1998.[2]
See also
References
- Brazilian Ministry of Transport
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ "Home". researchgate.net.
- ^ PES do Rio Ivinhema (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-13