Camará River

{{Short description|River in Marajó, Brazil}}

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The Camará River ({{langx|pt|Rio Camará}}) is a river of Marajó, which itself is an island in the mouth of the Amazon. It is located in the state Pará in northern Brazil, and forms the border between Salvaterra and Cachoeira do Arari municipalities.

Its source is to the south-east of Lake Guajará, in the swamp areas called mondongos that are normally flooded during the wet season. The river is almost straight at the beginning of its course, becoming suddenly very winding closer to its mouth. Numerous lakes line the banks of the river, the largest being around {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|3.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide. There are two small islands near the mouth in Marajó Bay, called Croa Grande and Croinha.

There are several quilombos along the Camará River.{{cite thesis |last=Cruz |first=S.V. |date=2019 |title=Pobres como nós: Quilombolas de Rosário e uso comum no Rio Camará (Municípios de Salvaterra e Cachoeira do Arari/PA) |url=https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/14016 |work=Federal University of Pará |degree= |location= |publisher= |access-date=}} In an archeological site called Castanheira, ceramics from the Ananatuba phase (c. 1100 – c. 200 BC) of Marajoara culture were discovered.{{cite journal |last1=Simões |first1=M.F. |last2= |first2= |date=1969 |title=The Castanheira Site: New Evidence on the Antiquity and History of the Ananatuba Phase (Marajó Island, Brazil) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/abs/castanheira-site-new-evidence-on-the-antiquity-and-history-of-the-ananatuba-phase-marajo-island-brazil/CC567100CF7474D574DA0B5154C83443 |journal=American Antiquity |volume=34 |issue=4 |publisher= |pages=402–410 |doi= |access-date=}} The river is polluted by chemicals associated with intensive rice cultivation upstream.{{cite book |last1=Gomes |first1=D.L. |last2=Bringel |first2=F.O. |date=2016 |chapter=Tensões territoriais entre rizicultores e quilombolas no arquipélago do Marajó |editor-last1=Macedo |editor-first1=C.A. |editor-last2=Bringel |editor-first2=F.O. |editor-last3=Santana |editor-first3=R.M. |editor-last4=Sousa |editor-first4=R.B.|title=Os “nós” da questão agrária na Amazônia |url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/82247334/Livro_Os_nos_da_questao_agraria_na_amazonia-libre.pdf |location=Belém |publisher=Açaí |pages=161–176 |isbn= |access-date=}} Near its mouth is a port for ferries to Icoaraci, connecting to Belém.