Maicuru River

The Maicuru River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon that discharges into that river via the Lago Grande de Monte Alegre.

Maicuru River
Native name	Rio Maicuru (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Tumucumaque Mountains National Park, Guyana Shield
• coordinates	0°2′23.2728″S 54°36′9.486″W
• elevation	331 m (1,086 ft)
Mouth
• location	Monte Alegre, Pará
• coordinates	2°0′16.6536″S 54°2′9.4344″W
• elevation	3 m (9.8 ft)
Length	547 km (340 mi)[1] to 610 km (380 mi)[2]
Basin size	21,917 km2 (8,462 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Monte Alegre (near mouth)
• average	240 m3/s (8,500 cu ft/s)[3]
Discharge
• location	Arapari, Pará (basin size: 17,072 km2 (6,592 sq mi)
• average	(Period: 01/01/1997-27/02/2014) 127.2518 m3/s (4,493.85 cu ft/s)[4]
Basin features
River system	Amazon River
Tributaries
• left	Igarapé do Barreirinha, Igarapé Jangada, Igarapé Ipixuna, Igarapé 23, Igarapé Fartura, Igarapé Açu
• right	Igarapé Santa Maria

Picture of the river

The river basin lies partly within the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.^[5] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.^[6] The river is also fed by streams in the 216,601 hectares (535,230 acres) Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.^[7]

See also

• List of rivers of Pará