Gregório River (Amazonas) Explained

Gregório River
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Source1 Location:Acre
Mouth Location:Eirunepé, Amazonas
Mouth Coordinates:-6.8159°N -70.6424°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Brazil
Length:[1]

The Gregório River (Portuguese: Rio Gregório is a river of Amazonas and Acre states in western Brazil. It is a tributary of Juruá River.

Course

The Gregório River runs in a northeast direction through the Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas. It has a length total of 350 km.[2] In Acre between the BR-364 highway and the Amazonas border the river forms the boundary between the Rio Gregório State Forest to the east and the Mogno State Forest to the west, two sustainable use conservation units created in 2004.Across the border in Amazonas the river runs through the Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve, which protects 80% of the sources of the river.

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References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ziesler . R. . Ardizzone . G.D. . The Inland waters of Latin America . 1979 . . 92-5-000780-9 . Amazon River System . https://web.archive.org/web/20141108152358/http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ad770b/AD770B05.htm . 8 November 2014 . live.
  2. "Data from the FAO publication, Inland waters of America Latin, R. Ziesler and G.D. Ardizzone, 1979." http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ad770b/AD770B06.htm.