Amapá River

River in Brazil

Amapá River

Native name| Rio Amapa (Portuguese)
Location
Country| Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Amazonas
Mouth|

• location

| Matupiri River

• coordinates

| 5°14′57″S 61°25′45″W﻿ / ﻿5.249210°S 61.429082°W﻿ / -5.249210; -61.429082

The Amapá River (Portuguese: Rio Amapá) is a river of the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is a tributary of the Matupiri River.

## Course

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The Amapá River rises in the 304,146 hectares (751,560 acres) Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve, created in 2004. It flows across the reserve in an east of northeast direction, crosses the Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve and then flows through the Matupiri State Park, where it joins the Matupiri River.[1]

## See also

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* List of rivers of Amazonas

## References

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1. ^ RESEX do Lago do Capanã Grande (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-29`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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