The Cassiporé River is a river of
Amapá
Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area ...
state in north-eastern
Brazil
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Course
Cabo Cassiporé is a low promontory about east of the wide entrance to the river.
The land from Cabo Orange to the north and Cabo Cassiporé is low and often flooded, with shallow water up to from the shore.
The Cassiporé river can be navigated by boats drawing under as far as the village of Japa, 24 miles inland.
The tidal range at the river mouth is less than .
The Cassiporé River runs through the most northern part of the
Amapá mangroves
The Amapá mangroves (NT1402) is an ecoregion along the Atlantic coast of the state of Amapá in Brazil.
The low coastal plain has been formed from recent sedimentation, including sediments deposited by the rivers and sediments carried northward f ...
ecoregion along the bay where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
See also
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List of rivers of Amapá
List of rivers in Amapá (Brazilian State).
The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Amapá drain to th ...
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Vila Velha do Cassiporé, a village and Quilombo settlement on the river.
References
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Rivers of Amapá
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