Dos Marmelos River

Dos Marmelos River
Dos Marmelos River is located in Brazil
Dos Marmelos River
Native nameRio dos Marmelos (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCampos Amazônicos National Park, Amazonas
 • coordinates8°39′4.806″S 61°58′22.0944″W / 8.65133500°S 61.972804000°W / -8.65133500; -61.972804000
 • elevation120 m (390 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Madeira
 • coordinates
6°08′51″S 61°47′13″W / 6.147621°S 61.786841°W / -6.147621; -61.786841
 • elevation
30 m (98 ft)
Length510 km (320 mi)[1]
Basin size27,572.2 km2 (10,645.7 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationConfluence of Madeira, Amazonas
 • average(Period: 1971–2000)1,556.5 m3/s (54,970 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
ProgressionMadeiraAmazonAtlantic Ocean
River systemAmazon
Tributaries 
 • leftPreto, Maici
 • rightBranco, Sepoti

Dos Marmelos River (Portuguese: Rio dos Marmelos) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River, and merges into this river about 80 km (50 mi) upstream from the town of Manicoré.

The headwaters of the river are in the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that holds an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ 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 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Amazon basin water resources observation service".
  3. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional dos Campos Amazônicos (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-03