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.
Dos Marmelos River | |
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Native name | Rio dos Marmelos (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Amazonas state |
Mouth | |
• location | Madeira River |
• coordinates | 6.147621°S 61.786841°W / -6.147621; -61.786841 |
Length | 510 km (320 mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Madeira River |
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.[2]
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