The Curuçá River ( pt, Rio Curuçá) is a river in the state of
Pará
Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana a ...
, Brazil, that flows into the north Atlantic Ocean.
Course
The river flows from south to north past the town of
Curuçá
Curuçá is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.
Curuçá was founded in 1775, but only became a city in 1895.
Some of the municipality was split off into separate municipalities in 1939, 1955 and 1991.
The Cur ...
, Pará.
It is joined from the left by the Furo Maripanema, an arm of the
Mocajuba River
The Mocajuba River ( pt, Rio Mocajuba) is a short river in the state of Pará, Brazil. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
Course
The village of São João da Ponta lies on the left bank of the river.
The Mocajuba River flows north past the Moca ...
.
The mangroves along the river are protected by the
Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve
The Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Mãe Grande de Curuçá) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve is in the municipali ...
.
See also
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List of rivers of Pará
List of rivers in Pará ( 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 Pará drain to the ...
References
Sources
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Rivers of Pará
Tributaries of the Amazon River
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