Cubatão River (south Santa Catarina)
The Cubatão River is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil.
| Cubatão River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Cubatão (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Santa Catarina state |
| Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean, Palhoça, Santa Catarina |
• coordinates | 27.698296°S 48.636924°W |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Vargem do Braço River |
The sources of the river are in the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a mountainous region to the south west of Florianópolis covered in lush rain forest. The river supplies water to the greater Florianópolis region.[1] It enters the Atlantic to the south of the suburb of Palhoça.
See also
References
- Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11
- Map from Ministry of Transport
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