Ipixuna River (Purus River tributary)
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Ipixuna River | |
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Native name | Rio Ipixuna (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Tapauá, Amazonas |
• coordinates | 5°37′34″S 63°11′34″W / 5.625987°S 63.192708°W |
Length | 370 kilometres (230 mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Purus River |
The Ipixuna River (Portuguese: Rio Ipixuna) or Paranápixuna River[2] is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Purus River. The confluence of these two rivers is at Tapauá.
The Ipixuna River flows from south to north through the 881,704 hectares (2,178,740 acres) Tapauá State Forest, created in 2009, before joining the Purus river from the right at Tapauá.[3] The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches.[4] It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus.
See also
References
- ^ Ziesler & Ardizzone 1979.
- ^ Mapa Rodoviário Amazonas. Ministério dos Transportes, 2002.
- ^ FES Tapauá – ISA.
- ^ Sears.
Sources
- FES Tapauá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-02
- Sears, Robin, Northern South America: Northwestern Brazil (NT0157), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-16
- 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
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