Native name Rio Mucuim River mouth Purus River | Country Brazil River system Purus River | |
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Length 350 kilometres (220 mi) | ||
The Mucuim River (Portuguese: Rio Mucuim) is a river in Brazil, a tributary of the Purus River.
Course
The Mucuim river flows through the Mapinguari National Park, a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008. To the north of the national park it is crossed by the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230), then runs through the Balata-Tufari National Forest before joining the Purus. The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches. It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus.
References
Mucuim River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA