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Miranda

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Miranda 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
-20.46°, -56.38°
7.0
Coordinates: 20.4585° S, 56.3843° WCountry: BrazilOpenStreetMap ↗
Miranda, Brazil
Miranda. Image via Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).

About Miranda

The Miranda River (Portuguese, Rio Miranda, variant name Rio Mondego) is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraguay River.

Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Miranda River (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Miranda: Key Facts

Key facts about Miranda
Length490 km
MouthParaguay River
Drainage systemRío de la Plata Basin
TributariesAquidauana river

Facts from Wikidata Q1288341 (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

Miranda: Quick Answers

Where is Miranda?
Miranda is located in Brazil, at 20.4585° S, 56.3843° W.
Are there dams on the Miranda?
No dam on the Miranda is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.