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Caravelas River

Caravelas River

River in Bahia, Brazil


The Caravelas River (Portuguese: Rio Caravelas) is a river that enters the Atlantic Ocean in the south of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The community of Caravelas is on the left shore of the river a few kilometres above its mouth.

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The river flows through the Cassurubá Extractive Reserve, a 100,768 hectares (249,000 acres) sustainable use conservation unit that protects an area of mangroves, river and sea where shellfish are harvested.[1]

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References

  1. RESEX do Cassurubá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Ambiental, retrieved 2016-06-22



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