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Macauã River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil, a tributary of the Iaco River.

Macauã River
Native name	Rio Macauã  (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Acre state
Mouth
• location	Iaco River, Sena Madureira, Acre
• coordinates	9.187644°S 68.717920°W / -9.187644; -68.717920
Basin features
River system	Iaco River

The river forms most of the southeast boundary of the 176,349 hectares (435,770 acres) Macauã National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1988.[1] It flows through the northern part of the 21,148 hectares (52,260 acres) São Francisco National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[2] It then flows through the eastern part of the 750,795 hectares (1,855,250 acres) Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve, established in 2002 to support sustainable use of the natural resources by the traditional population.[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Acre

References

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