| Lago Grande de Monte Alegre | |||||
| Coords: | -2.2667°N -70°W | ||||
| Location: | Monte Alegre, Pará, Brazil | ||||
| Area: | 576km2 | ||||
| Pushpin Label: | Lago Grande de Monte Alegre | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil | ||||
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Lago Grande de Monte Alegre | ||||
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| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom | ||||
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Lago Grande de Monte Alegre is a floodplain lake located in the state of Pará, municipality Monte Alegre, Northern Brazil, Mesorregião do Baixo Amazonas, Microrregião de Santarém, 1,400 km north of the country's federal capital Brasília. Estimates of the area occupied by the lake vary between 300 km2 (Loureiro & Loureiro 1987) and 576 km2 (Vieira & Hartmann 1989). Both of these values may be correct, depending on the time of the year measurements were taken.[1]