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The Maicuru River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon that discharges into that river via the Lago Grande de Monte Alegre.

Maicuru River
Native name	Rio Maicuru  (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Monte Alegre, Pará
• coordinates	2.113549°S 54.149457°W / -2.113549; -54.149457
Length	610[1]
Basin features
River system	Amazon River

The river basin lies partly within the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[2] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.[3] The river is also fed by streams in the 216,601 hectares (535,230 acres) Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Pará

References

• Brazilian Ministry of Transport

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