The Copacá River ( pt, Rio Copacá) is a river of
Amazonas
Amazonas may refer to:
Places
* Amazon River, known as ''Amazonas'' in Spanish and Portuguese
*Amazonas (Brazilian state), Brazil
* Amazonas Department, Colombia
* Department of Amazonas, Peru
* Amazonas (Venezuelan state), Venezuela
Other uses
* ...
, Brazil. It is a right tributary of the
Uarini River
The Uarini River ( pt, Rio Uarini) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.
It is a tributary of the Solimões River.
The Uarini River flows north through the Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve
The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve ( pt ...
.
The Copacá River defines the eastern boundary of the
Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve
The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It contains an area of almost untouched Amazon rainforest inhabited by communities that rely on manioc far ...
, created in 2001.
The Copacá is a wide river that lies within the eastern limit of the reserve.
The floating litter banks of the river are home to a variety of allochthonous insectivore species of fish, particularly of the
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
''
Microglanis
''Microglanis'' is a genus of fish in the family Pseudopimelodidae native to South America. This genus has the widest distribution within its family, with species ranging from the Guianas to Venezuela; western slope of the Andes in Ecuador and P ...
'' and ''
Phenacorhamdia
''Phenacorhamdia'' is a genus of three-barbeled catfishes native to tropical South America.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Phenacorhamdia anisura'' ( Mees, 1987)
* ''Phenacorhamdia boliviana'' ( N. E. Pears ...
''.
See also
*
List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
List of rivers in Amazonas ( Brazilian State).
The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. Amazonas is located entirely within the Amazon B ...
References
Sources
*
*
Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
{{AmazonasBR-river-stub