Paraitinga River

The Paraitinga River is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul.

Paraitinga River
Native name	Rio Paraitinga (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	São Paulo state
Mouth
• location	Paraíba do Sul
• coordinates	23.368°S 45.665°W / -23.368; -45.665

The headwaters are protected by the 292,000-hectare (720,000-acre) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.^[1]

See also

• List of rivers of São Paulo