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Tarauacá River (Portuguese: Rio Tarauacá is a river of Amazonas and Acre states in western Brazil. The Rio Tarauacá is a tributary of the Juruá River, which itself flows into the Amazon.

Tarauacá River
Native name	Rio Tarauacá  (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Acre state
Mouth
• location	Juruá River, Amazonas state
• coordinates	6.695257°S 69.764563°W / -6.695257; -69.764563
Basin features
River system	Juruá River
Tributaries
• left	Acurauá River

Course

The headwaters of the Tarauacá are located near the Brazilian border with Peru. It is upper reaches it flows from south to north through the Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve, created in 2000.[1] The Brazilian cities of Tarauacá and Eirunepé lie along the banks of the Tarauacá River further east.

See also

• List of rivers of Acre
• List of rivers of Amazonas

References

На других языках

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- [en] Tarauacá River

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[es] Río Tarauacá

El río Tarauacá es un río amazónico brasileño, el principal afluente del río Juruá, que discurre por los estados de Acre y Amazonas. Nace cerca de la frontera con el Perú, en el territorio indígena del Alta Tarauacá. Su curso atraviesa los municipios de Jordão y Tarauacá, en Acre y Envira y Eirunepé en el Amazonas. Tiene una longitud total de 570 km.[1]

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