Cassiporé River
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The Cassiporé River is a river of Amapá state in north-eastern Brazil.
Course
Cabo Cassiporé is a low promontory about {{convert|6|mi}} east of the wide entrance to the river.
The land from Cabo Orange to the north and Cabo Cassiporé is low and often flooded, with shallow water up to {{convert|12|mi}} from the shore.{{sfn|Prostar|2004|p=13}}
The Cassiporé river can be navigated by boats drawing under {{convert|2|m}} as far as the village of Japa, 24 miles inland.{{sfn|Prostar|2004|p=13}}
The tidal range at the river mouth is less than {{convert|4|m}}.{{sfn|Eisma|1998|p=199}}
The Cassiporé River runs through the most northern part of the Amapá mangroves ecoregion along the bay where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.{{sfn|Tognetti|Burdette}}
See also
- List of rivers of Amapá
- Vila Velha do Cassiporé, a village and Quilombo settlement on the river.
References
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Sources
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- {{citation
|last=Eisma|first=Doeke|title=Intertidal Deposits: River Mouths, Tidal Flats, and Coastal Lagoons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KurON0CEzPAC&pg=PA199
|accessdate=6 April 2017|date=21 January 1998|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-8493-8049-5}}
- {{citation
|author=Prostar|title=Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of South America Enroute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2it3Te4M08C&pg=PA13
|accessdate=6 April 2017|date=1 January 2004|publisher=ProStar Publications|isbn=978-1-57785-550-7}}
- {{citation |title=Northern South America: Northern Brazil (NT1402)
|last1=Tognetti |last2=Burdette|first1=Sylvia S. |first2=Christine|publisher=WWF: World Wildlife Fund
|url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt1402|accessdate=2017-04-06}}
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