| Dos Marmelos River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio dos Marmelos (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Campos Amazônicos National Park, Amazonas |
| • coordinates | 8°39′4.806″S 61°58′22.0944″W / 8.65133500°S 61.972804000°W |
| • elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Madeira |
• coordinates | 6°08′51″S 61°47′13″W / 6.147621°S 61.786841°W |
• elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Length | 510 km (320 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 27,572.2 km2 (10,645.7 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Confluence of Madeira, Amazonas |
| • average | (Period: 1971–2000)1,556.5 m3/s (54,970 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Amazon |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Preto, Maici |
| • right | Branco, Sepoti |
Dos Marmelos River (Portuguese: Rio dos Marmelos) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River, and merges into this river about 80 km (50 mi) upstream from the town of Manicoré.
The headwaters of the river are in the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that holds an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.[3]
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References
- ^ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Amazon basin water resources observation service".
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-03
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