Paru River
Amazon Basin with Paru River in the northeast
Location
CountryBrazil
StatePará
Physical characteristics
MouthAmazon River
 • location
near the city of Almeirim, Pará, Brazil
Length710 km (440 mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average970 m3/s (34,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightCitaré River

The Paru River is a northern tributary of the lower Amazon in Pará state in north-central Brazil.

The river flows through the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion.[2] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.[3]

In popular culture

The Panama waterfalls on the Paru River

The seventh track of the album Aguas da Amazonia is named after the river.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 8 November 2014.
  2. ^ Sears, Robin, Northern South America: Northeastern Brazil, into southern Guyana and Suriname (NT0173), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-31
  3. ^ Plano de Manejo da Reserva Biológica Maicuru Resumo Executivo (PDF), Belém: SEMA: Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente, May 2011, p. 8, retrieved 2016-05-14
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paru River.

1°32′S 52°38′W / 1.533°S 52.633°W / -1.533; -52.633


Categories