Caripi River (Maracanã)
| Caripi River | |
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  Caripi River (Maracanã) (Brazil) | |
| Native name | Rio Caripi |
| Country | Brazil |
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| Main source | State of Pará, Brazil |
| River mouth | 0°45′33″S 47°29′09″W / 0.759265°S 47.485769°WCoordinates: 0°45′33″S 47°29′09″W / 0.759265°S 47.485769°W |
| River system | Maracanã River |
The Caripi River (Portuguese: Rio Caripi) is a river of the state of Pará, Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Maracanã River.
Course
The Caripi River is the main tributary of the Maracanã River, which it enters from the left.[1] The lower reaches of the river are protected by the 30,179 hectares (74,570 acres) Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.[2]
Environment
The river is mainly surrounded by forest.[3] The region has a relatively low population, with 43 people per square kilometer.[4] The average temperature is 24 °C (75 °F). The hottest month is November, with 24 °C (75 °F) and the coldest month is March, with 22 °C (72 °F).[5] Average annual rainfall is 2,830 millimetres (111 in). The wettest month is March, with 655 millimetres (25.8 in) and the driest month is October with 9 millimetres (0.35 in).[6]
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See also
References
- ↑ Oliveira, Fontoura & Montag 2011, p. 759.
- ↑ RESEX Marinha do Maracanã – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
- ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- 1 2 NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index, NASA, retrieved 30 January 2016
- ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
Sources
- Oliveira, Valéria de Albuquerque; Fontoura, Nelson Ferreira; Montag, Luciano Fogaça de Assis (2011), "Reproductive characteristics and the weight-length relationship in Anablepsanableps (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae) from the Amazon Estuary", Neotropical Ichthyology, Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, 9 (4), retrieved 2016-08-09
- RESEX Marinha do Maracanã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-08