Jaguari_River_(Paraíba_do_Sul)

Jaguari River (Paraíba do Sul)

Jaguari River (Paraíba do Sul)

River in Brazil

The Jaguari River (Portuguese: Rio Jaguari) is a river of São Paulo state in southeastern Brazil.[1] It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul.

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The headwaters are protected by the 292,000 hectares (720,000 acres) Mananciais do Rio Paraíba do Sul Environmental Protection Area, created in 1982 to protect the sources of the Paraíba do Sul river.[2] The 180,373 hectares (445,710 acres) Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area, created in 1997, also protects some of the headwaters.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Rio Jaguari (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. [2]
    Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental Bacia Hidrográfica do Paraíba do Sul (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-01
  3. [3]
    APA Fernão Dias (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-02

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