Dos Marmelos River Explained

Dos Marmelos River
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Source1 Location:Campos Amazônicos National Park, Amazonas
Source1 Coordinates:-8.6513°N -61.9728°W
Mouth Location:Madeira
Mouth Coordinates:-6.1476°N -61.7868°W
Basin Size:[1]
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Brazil
Length:510km (320miles)[2]
River System:Amazon
Progression:MadeiraAmazonAtlantic Ocean
Discharge1 Location:Confluence of Madeira, Amazonas
Discharge1 Avg:(Period: 1971–2000)[3]
Tributaries Left:Preto, Maici
Tributaries Right:Branco, Sepoti

Dos Marmelos River (Portuguese: Rio dos Marmelos) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River, and merges into this river about 80km (50miles) upstream from the town of Manicoré.

The headwaters of the river are in the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a protected area created in 2006 that holds an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amazon basin water resources observation service.
  2. 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/20131021061745/http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ad770b/AD770B06.htm . 21 October 2013 . live.
  3. Web site: Amazon basin water resources observation service.