Tefé_River

Tefé River

Tefé River

River in Amazonas, Brazil

The Tefé River (Teffé River in early accounts; Portuguese: Rio Tefé) is a tributary of the Amazon River (Solimões section) in Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.

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The Tefé River flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[3] It forms the eastern boundary of the Tefé National Forest, created in 1989.[4] Immediately before merging into the Amazon, it forms Lake Tefé (Portuguese: Lago Tefé). The city of Tefé is located on the banks of the lake. The Tefé River is a blackwater river.

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References

  1. [1]
    Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
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    "HYDROLOGIE DU BASSIN AMAZONIEN" (PDF). 1997. ISBN 2-7011-1532-9.
  3. [3]
    Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28
  4. [4]
    FLONA de Tefé (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-19

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