Jutaí River Explained

Jutaí River
Pushpin Map:Brazil
River System:Solimões
Source1 Location:State of Amazonas
Mouth Location:Jutaí, Amazon River
Mouth Coordinates:-2.745°N -66.7857°W
Basin Size:[1]
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Brazil
Discharge1 Location:Confluence of Solimões, Amazonas State (near mouth)
Discharge1 Avg:(Period: 1979–2015)[2]
Tributaries Left:Copatana, Pati
Tributaries Right:Biá, Mutum, Jutaizinho

The Jutaí River (Portuguese: Rio Jutaí) is a river in Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.

Course

The river flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.The Jutaí river runs northeast before reaching its mouth on the southern bank of the Amazon River (Solimões section). It is west of the Juruá River, and is roughly parallel to the lower Juruá.

The Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003, lies on either side of the river in the municipality of Jutaí.It is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.Further downstream the river forms the boundary between the Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve, created in 2002, to the southeast and the Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station to the northwest.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PLANO ESTADUAL DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO AMAZONAS, (PERH/AM) - RT 03 - DIAGNÓSTICO, PROGNÓSTICO E CENÁRIOS FUTUROS DO RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO ESTADO - TOMO III. Jan 2019. 2021-10-03. 2021-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506021650/http://meioambiente.am.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Produto-II-Diagn%C3%B3stico-Progn%C3%B3stico-e-Cen%C3%A1rios-volume-II.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: PLANO ESTADUAL DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO AMAZONAS, (PERH/AM) - RT 03 - DIAGNÓSTICO, PROGNÓSTICO E CENÁRIOS FUTUROS DO RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO ESTADO - TOMO III. Jan 2019. 2021-10-03. 2021-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506021650/http://meioambiente.am.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Produto-II-Diagn%C3%B3stico-Progn%C3%B3stico-e-Cen%C3%A1rios-volume-II.pdf. dead.