Paru River

The Paru River is a northern tributary of the lower Amazon in Pará state in north-central Brazil.

Paru River
Amazon Basin with Paru River in the northeast
Location
Country	Brazil
State	Pará
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Amazon River
• location	near the city of Almeirim, Pará, Brazil
Length	710 km (440 mi)[1]
Discharge
• average	970 m3/s (34,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Citaré River

The river flows through the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion.^[2] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.^[3]

In popular culture

The Panama waterfalls on the Paru River

The seventh track of the album Aguas da Amazonia is named after the river.

See also

• List of rivers of Pará