Manacapuru River is a river of
Amazonas state in north-western
Brazil
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. It flows into the
Amazon River (
Solimões section) at the city of
Manacapuru, about upstream (west) from
Manaus
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. Parts of the river are very broad, appearing as elongated lakes, with the uppermost known as Lago Grande de Manacapuru ("Large Manacapuru Lake") and the lowermost, near where it merges into the Amazon, as Lago Manacapuru ("Lake Manacapuru").
On February 7, 2009, a plane
crashed at the river. 24 of the 28 people onboard were killed.
See also
*
List of rivers of Amazonas
References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Tributaries of the Amazon River
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