Xapuri River

Xapuri River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil. It forms small parts of the Brazil–Peru and Brazil–Bolivia international boundaries.

Xapuri River
Native nameRio Xapuri  (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAcre state
Mouth 
 • location
Xapuri
 • coordinates
10.652311°S 68.509419°W / -10.652311; -68.509419
Basin features
River systemAcre River

The river runs through the 931,537 hectares (2,301,880 acres) Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990.[1] It joins the Acre River at Xapuri.

See also

References

  1. Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-04


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