Mapuá 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.

Mapuá River
Native name	Rio Mapuá (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Pará state
Mouth
• location	Aramá River
• coordinates	1.065013°S 50.550486°W / -1.065013; -50.550486
Basin features
River system	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

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

• List of rivers of Pará