The Paru River is a northern tributary of the lower Amazon in Pará state in north-central Brazil.
| Paru River | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Amazon Basin with Paru River in the northeast | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Pará |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Amazon River |
• location | near the city of Almeirim, Pará, Brazil |
| Length | 710 km (440 mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 970 m3/s (34,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Citaré River |
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
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The seventh track of the album Aguas da Amazonia is named after the river.
See also
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edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Sears, Robin, Northern South America: Northeastern Brazil, into southern Guyana and Suriname (NT0173), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-31
- ^ 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
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