The Manhuaçu River is a river of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
state in southeastern
Brazil
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.
The river is in the
Doce River basin.
It runs past the
Feliciano Miguel Abdala Private Natural Heritage Reserve
Feliciano Miguel Abdala Private Natural Heritage Reserve (), formerly the Fazenda Montes Claros and then the Caratinga Biological Station, is a privately owned sustainable-use protected area in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
It contains an ex ...
, located on its left bank, home to one of the last wild populations of
northern muriqui
The northern muriqui (''Brachyteles hypoxanthus)'' is one of two species of muriqui. They are also known as woolly spider monkey because they exhibit the woollen pelt of woolly monkeys and the long prehensile tail of spider monkeys. Muriquis are ...
woolly spider monkeys.
See also
*
List of rivers of Minas Gerais
List of rivers in Minas Gerais (States of Brazil, 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. All rivers in Minas Gerais d ...
References
Sources
Mapfrom
Ministry of Transport
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* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Minas Gerais
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