Maicuru
Maicuru is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- -0.33°, -54.57°
About Maicuru
The Maicuru River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon that discharges into that river via the Lago Grande de Monte Alegre.
The river basin lies partly within the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.
Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.
The river is also fed by streams in the 216,601 hectares (535,230 acres) Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Maicuru River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Maicuru: Key Facts
| Mouth | Amazon River |
|---|---|
| Drainage system | Amazon basin |
Facts from Wikidata Q6735274 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Maicuru: Quick Answers
- Where is Maicuru?
- Maicuru is located in Brazil, at 0.3307° S, 54.5673° W.
- Are there dams on the Maicuru?
- No dam on the Maicuru is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.