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The Ronuro River is a river of
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...
state in western
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, a tributary of the
Xingu River The Xingu River ( ; ; ) is a river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water. __TOC__ Description and history The fir ...
. The river drains the
Rio Ronuro Ecological Station Rio Ronuro Ecological Station () is an ecological station in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It protects an area of contact between Amazon rainforest in the north and Cerrado semi-deciduous forest in the south. Since being created in 1998 it ha ...
, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1998. It also flows through the
Xingu Indigenous Park The Xingu Indigenous Park (, pronounced ) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a national park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Its official purposes are to protect the environment and the several nations of Xingu I ...
.Kahn, Marina; Campanili, Maura (eds.).
Almanaque Socioambiental Parque Indígena do Xingu: 50 anos
'. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental, 2011.


See also

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List of rivers of Mato Grosso List of rivers in Mato Grosso (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. Mato Grosso is divided by those streams that fl ...


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Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Mato Grosso {{MatoGrosso-river-stub