Acari River (Portuguese: Rio Acari) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.
Acari River | |
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Native name | Rio Acari (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Amazonas state |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 5°16′56″S 59°40′54″W / 5.282220°S 59.681626°W |
Basin features | |
River system | Canumã River |
The river flows through the 896,411 hectares (2,215,080 acres) Acari National Park created by president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 in the last week before her provisional removal from office.[1] It defines the eastern boundary of the 589,611 hectares (1,456,960 acres) Juma Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2006.[2] It joins the Sucunduri River from the left, and the downstream section is known as the Canumã River.