Mapuá River
| Mapuá River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Mapuá (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pará state |
| Mouth | |
• location | Aramá River |
• coordinates | 1°03′54″S 50°33′02″W / 1.065013°S 50.550486°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Aramá River |
The Mapuá River (Portuguese: Rio Mapuá) is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Aramá River.
In August 1659, the Treaty of the Mapuá was signed here by Portuguese Jesuits led by António Vieira with various indigenous peoples who inhabited the Marajó Archipelago.[1]
Course
[edit]The Mapuá River rises on the island of Marajó in the delta region where the Amazon and Tocantins rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. It runs along the southern boundary of the Mapuá Extractive Reserve. The Mapuá is a left tributary of the Aramã, which forms the northern boundary of the reserve. The reserve contains sheets of tidal water and mangroves.[2] The reserve is mostly lowland floodplain, with some terra firma in the centre of the territory.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Steward, J.H. (1948). Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 3: The Tropical Forest Tribes (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. p. 194–196.
- ^ RESEX Mapuá – ISA.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
Sources
[edit]- RESEX Mapuá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-30
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Mapuá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-30
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