Jari River (Purus River)

Jari River
Jari River (Purus River) (Brazil)
Native name Rio Jari
Country Brazil
Basin
River mouth 4°44′14″S 62°09′14″W / 4.737249°S 62.153826°W / -4.737249; -62.153826 (Mouth of Jari River)Coordinates: 4°44′14″S 62°09′14″W / 4.737249°S 62.153826°W / -4.737249; -62.153826 (Mouth of Jari River)
River system Purus River

The Jari River (Portuguese: Rio Jari) is a river in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, a tributary of the Purus River.

The basin of the Jari River, an important right tributary of the Purus in its middle course, as well as the natural resources and associated fish, is protected by the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park, an 812,745 hectares (2,008,340 acres) protected area established in 2008.[1] It then forms the eastern border of the 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[2]

References

  1. ↑ FLONA do Iquiri (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02
  2. ↑ RDS Piagaçu-Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-20
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