Macauã River

Macauã River
Macauã River (Brazil)
Native name Rio Macauã
Country Brazil
Basin
Main source Acre state
River mouth Iaco River, Sena Madureira, Acre
9°11′16″S 68°43′05″W / 9.187644°S 68.717920°W / -9.187644; -68.717920 (Mouth of Macauã River)Coordinates: 9°11′16″S 68°43′05″W / 9.187644°S 68.717920°W / -9.187644; -68.717920 (Mouth of Macauã River)
River system Iaco River

Macauã River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil, a tributary of the Iaco River.

The river forms most of the southeast boundary of the 176,349 hectares (435,770 acres) Macauã National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1988.[1] It flows through the northern part of the 21,148 hectares (52,260 acres) São Francisco National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[2] It then flows through the eastern part of the 750,795 hectares (1,855,250 acres) Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve, established in 2002 to support sustainable use of the natural resources by the traditional population.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ FLONA do Macauã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-19
  2. ↑ FLONA de São Francisco (in Portuguese), ISA:Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-21
  3. ↑ RESEX do Cazumbá-Iracema (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-16
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