Jaú River (Amazonas)


















Jaú River

Rio Jaú no Por do Sol.jpg
Near Tiaracá base in Jau National Park



Jaú River (Amazonas) is located in Brazil
Jaú River (Amazonas)



Native name
Rio Jaú  (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 - locationAmazonas

Mouth 
 - coordinates

1°54′13″S 61°25′57″W / 1.903747°S 61.432576°W / -1.903747; -61.432576Coordinates: 1°54′13″S 61°25′57″W / 1.903747°S 61.432576°W / -1.903747; -61.432576
Length400 kilometres (250 mi)[1]
Basin features
River systemRio Negro

Jaú River (Portuguese: Rio Jaú) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Rio Negro, which itself is a tributary of the Amazon River.




Contents





  • 1 Name


  • 2 Basin


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 Sources




Name


The name "Jaú" comes from that of one of the largest fish in Brazil, the gilded catfish or jau (Zungaro zungaro).[2]



Basin


The 2,367,333 hectares (5,849,810 acres) Jaú National Park was created in 1980 to protect an area of Amazon rainforest.[3]
The park contains the entire Jaú River basin between the Unini River to the north and the Carabinani River to the south. All three rivers flow east to enter the right bank of the Rio Negro..[2]
The Carabinani, which flows north to enter the Jaú River a few kilometres before that river enters the Rio Negro, forms the boundary between the Jaú National Park and the Rio Negro State Park North Section. The last section of the Jaú between the Carabinani and its mouth on the Rio Negro continues the boundary between the two parks.[4]



See also


  • List of rivers of Amazonas


References




  1. ^ Ziesler & Ardizzone 1979.


  2. ^ ab Parque Nacional de Jaú – Via Rural.


  3. ^ Parque Nacional do Jaú – Chico Mendes.


  4. ^ PES do Rio Negro Setor Norte – ISA.



Sources


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  • Parque Nacional do Jaú (in Portuguese), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-05-04.mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  • Parque Nacional de Jaú (in Portuguese), Via Rural, retrieved 2016-05-04


  • PES do Rio Negro Setor Norte (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-25


  • Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979), "Amazon River System", The Inland waters of Latin America, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, ISBN 92-5-000780-9, archived from the original on 8 November 2014





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