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Tarauacá River

Coordinates: 6°41′43″S 69°45′52″W / 6.695257°S 69.764563°W / -6.695257; -69.764563
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Tarauacá River
Tarauacá River is located in Brazil
Tarauacá River
Native nameRio Tarauacá (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAcre state
Mouth 
 • location
Juruá River, Amazonas state
 • coordinates
6°41′43″S 69°45′52″W / 6.695257°S 69.764563°W / -6.695257; -69.764563
Basin features
River systemJuruá River
Tributaries 
 • leftAcurauá River

Tarauacá River (Portuguese: Rio Tarauacá [taɾawaˈka]) is a river of Amazonas and Acre states in western Brazil. The Rio Tarauacá is a tributary of the Juruá River, which itself flows into the Amazon.

Course

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The headwaters of the Tarauacá are located near the Brazilian border with Peru. It is upper reaches it flows from south to north through the Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve, created in 2000.[1] The Brazilian cities of Tarauacá and Eirunepé lie along the banks of the Tarauacá River further east.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ RESEX do Alto Tarauacá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-07