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The Curuaés River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Curuá River in the Xingu River basin.

Curuaés River
Native name	Rio Curuaés  (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Pará state
Mouth
• coordinates	7.412502°S 54.786728°W / -7.412502; -54.786728
Basin features
River system	Curuá River

The river rises in the 342,192 hectares (845,570 acres) Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005. It is one of the headwaters of the Xingu River.[1] It flows through the 724,965 hectares (1,791,430 acres) Altamira National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1998.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Pará

References

• Brazilian Ministry of Transport

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