Gregório River (Amazonas)
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| source1_location = Acre
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| mouth_location = Eirunepé, Amazonas
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The Gregório River ({{langx|pt|Rio Gregório}}) is a river of Amazonas and Acre states in western Brazil. It is a tributary of Juruá River.
Course
The Gregório River runs in a northeast direction through the Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas. It has a length total of {{Convert|350|km|abbr=on}}.{{cite book |title=Inland waters of America Latin|first1=R. |last1=Ziesler |first2=G.D. |last2=Ardizzone|date=1979 |chapter-url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ad770b/AD770B06.htm |publisher=FAO |chapter=4. Amazon System (continue) }} In Acre between the BR-364 highway and the Amazonas border the river forms the boundary between the {{convert|216062|ha}} Rio Gregório State Forest to the east and the {{convert|143897|ha}} Mogno State Forest to the west, two sustainable use conservation units created in 2004.{{citation|ref={{harvid|FES do Rio Gregório – ISA}}|language=Portuguese
|title=FES do Rio Gregório|publisher= Instituto Socioambiental
|url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/5348|accessdate=2016-07-01 |website=Unidades de Conservação no Brasil }}{{citation|ref={{harvid|FES do Mogno – ISA}}|language=Portuguese|title=FES do Mogno|publisher=Instituto Socoambiental |website=Unidades de Conservação no Brasil
|url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/4572|accessdate=2016-07-01}} Across the border in Amazonas the river runs through the {{convert|427,004|ha}} Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve, which protects 80% of the sources of the river.{{citation|ref={{harvid|RESEX do Rio Gregório – ISA}}
|title=RESEX do Rio Gregório|publisher= Instituto Socioambiental |website=Unidades de Conservação no Brasil
|url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/en/uc/5365|accessdate=2016-08-28}}
See also
References
- {{Cite web |title=md acre brazil |url=https://www.gifex.com/imapa/americas/md_acre_brazil.pdf |website=Gifex |publisher=Brazilian Ministry of Transport}}
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Category:Rivers of Acre (state)
Category:Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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