Caravelas River

Caravelas River
Caravelas River (Brazil)
Native name Rio Caravelas
Country Brazil
Basin
River mouth Barra de Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil
17°44′38″S 39°11′12″W / 17.743979°S 39.186784°W / -17.743979; -39.186784Coordinates: 17°44′38″S 39°11′12″W / 17.743979°S 39.186784°W / -17.743979; -39.186784

The Caravelas River (Portuguese: Rio Caravelas) is a river that enters the Atlantic ocean in the south of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The community of Caravelas is on the left shore of the river a few kilometres above its mouth.

The river flows through the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a 100,768 hectares (249,000 acres) sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.[1]

See also

References

  1. RESEX do Cassurubá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Ambiental, retrieved 2016-06-22


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