Meriti River Explained

Meriti River
Mouth Coordinates:	-22.8047°N -43.2756°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Length:	25.8km (16miles)
Basin Size:	167km2

The Meriti is a river in Rio de Janeiro state in south-eastern Brazil.

It separates the municipalities of Duque de Caxias and São João de Meriti (north) from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro (south). Its mouth is at Guanabara Bay.

The name is of Tupi origin and means "water of the buriti" (from mburi'ti ("buriti")^[1] and 'y ("water")).^[2]

See also

• Maracanã River in Rio de Janeiro city.
• List of rivers in Rio de Janeiro state

References

Notes and References

1. FERREIRA, A. B. H. Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. Segunda edição. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986. pp. 294, 1 140
2. Web site: Curso de Tupi Antigo . 2012-09-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120809053512/http://www.fflch.usp.br/dlcv/tupi/vocabulario.htm . 2012-08-09 .