Copacá River

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The Copacá River ({{langx|pt|Rio Copacá}}) is a river of Amazonas, Brazil. It is a right tributary of the Uarini River.

The Copacá River defines the eastern boundary of the {{convert|187982|ha}} Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}

The Copacá is a {{convert|25|m}} wide river that lies within the eastern limit of the reserve.{{sfn|Carvalho|Fidelis|Arruda|Galuch|2013|p=87}}

The floating litter banks of the river are home to a variety of allochthonous insectivore species of fish, particularly of the genera Microglanis and Phenacorhamdia.{{sfn|Carvalho|Fidelis|Arruda|Galuch|2013|p=89}}

See also

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  • {{citation|journal=Neotropical Ichthyology|ISSN=1679-6225|volume=11 |issue=1 |location=Porto Alegre |date=January–March 2013

|title=Second floor, please: the fish fauna of floating litter banks in Amazonian streams and rivers

|last1=Carvalho |first1=Lucélia Nobre|first2=Luana |last2=Fidelis |first3=Rafael |last3=Arruda|first4=André|last4=Galuch|first5=Jansen|last5=Zuanon

|url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v11n1/1679-6225-ni-11-01-0085.pdf|accessdate=2016-10-22

|doi=10.1590/s1679-62252013000100010|doi-access=free}}

  • {{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=Portuguese

|title=Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Baixo Juruá|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente

|url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=230|accessdate=2016-10-22}}

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Category:Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)

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