Rio Envira is a river in
Acre state in
Brazil
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. The
Rio Jaminauá is one of its tributaries. It is a tributary of the
Tarauacá River.
The river defines the northwest boundary of the
Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest
The Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest () is a national forest in the state of Acre, Brazil.
Location
The Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest is in the municipality of Feijó in the state of Acre.
It has an area of .
The Alto Rio Purus Indigen ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.
It flows in a north of northeast direction from the park, passing under the
BR-364
BR-364 is an inter-state highway in Brazil connecting the southeast state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo to the western state of Acre (state), Acre. The highway was opened in the 1960s and paved in the 1980s. It has brought economic development ...
highway and flowing north into
Amazonas state, where it joins the Tarauacá just south of the settlement of
Envira
Envira is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 20,393 as of 2020, and its area is .IBGE
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.
See also
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List of rivers of Acre
List of rivers in Acre (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. Acre is located entirely within the Amazon Basin.
By ...
References
Rivers of Acre (state)
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