The Macaé River is a river of
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
state in southeastern
Brazil
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that flows into the Atlantic Ocean at the town of
Macaé
Macaé () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital. It is the birthplace of the 13th president of Brazil, Washington Luís.
Geography Location
Macaé is generally consider ...
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The upper part of the Macaé River basin is protected by the
Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area
The
Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area () is a state-level environmental protection area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It protects an area of Atlantic Forest in the Serra do Mar mountains.
Location
The Macaé de Cima Envir ...
, created in 2001.
The river basin also includes part of the
União Biological Reserve
União Biological Reserve ( ) is a strictly protected Biological reserve (Brazil), biological reserve in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It is home to a population of endangered golden lion tamarin.
Location
The Uniã ...
, home to a population of endangered
golden lion tamarin
The golden lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus rosalia''; ), less commonly known as the golden lion marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is a ...
.
See also
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List of rivers of Rio de Janeiro
List of rivers in Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro (States of Brazil, Brazilian State).
We've arranged a list below, by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered fro ...
References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Rio de Janeiro (state)
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