Alpercatas River

The Alpercatas River is a river of Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Itapecuru River.

Alpercatas River
Native name	Rio Alpercatas (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Maranhão state
Mouth
• coordinates	6.029736°S 44.311702°W / -6.029736; -44.311702
Basin features
River system	Itapecuru River

Some of the headwaters of the river are protected by the 437,000 hectares (1,080,000 acres) Mirador State Park, created in 1980.^[1]

See also

• List of rivers of Maranhão