The Rio Verde is a river in the state of
Mato Grosso do Sul
Mato Grosso do Sul ( ) is one of Federative units of Brazil, Brazil's 27 federal units, located in the southern part of the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region, bordering five Brazilian states: Mato Grosso (to the north), Goiás and ...
, Brazil. It is a tributary of the
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( ; ; ) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
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.
The
Cisalpina Private Natural Heritage Reserve protects the region where the Rio Verde and
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( ; ; ) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
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converge, and contains a complex system of interconnected lagoons, streams and channels connected to the channel of the Paraná, which has shifted its bed to the east over time.
There are traces of old channels of the Paraná dating back 10,000 to 40,000 years.
See also
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List of rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul
List of rivers in Mato Grosso do Sul (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 Mato Gro ...
References
Sources
Brazilian Ministry of Transport* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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Rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul
Tributaries of the Paraná River
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