Country Brazil Basin size 167 km (64 sq mi) Basin area 167 km² Mouth Guanabara Bay | River mouth Guanabara Bay Length 26 km Source Rio de Janeiro | |
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Main source Maciço da Pedra Branca, Rio de Janeiro | ||
The Meriti is a river in Rio de Janeiro state in south-eastern Brazil.
It separates the municipalities of Duque de Caxias and São João de Meriti (north) from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro (south). Its mouth is at Guanabara Bay.
The name is of Tupi origin and means "water of the buriti" (from mburi'ti ("buriti") and 'y ("water")).
References
Meriti River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA