Fresco River
Fresco River is located in Brazil
Fresco River
Mouth location in Brazil
Native nameRio Fresco (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
  coordinates
6°38′43″S 52°00′09″W / 6.645151°S 52.002631°W / -6.645151; -52.002631
Length560 km (350 mi)[1]
Basin size43,771 km2 (16,900 sq mi)
Discharge 
  locationSão Félix do Xingu, Pará State (near mouth)
  average865.6 m3/s (30,570 cu ft/s)
  minimum2.03 m3/s (72 cu ft/s)
  maximum4,526 m3/s (159,800 cu ft/s)
Discharge 
  locationBoa Esperança, Pará State (Basin size: 43,030 km2 (16,610 sq mi)
  average851 m3/s (30,100 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1970-1996)837 m3/s (29,600 cu ft/s)[2]
  minimum2 m3/s (71 cu ft/s)
  maximum4,449 m3/s (157,100 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemXingu River
Tributaries 
  leftRiozinho
  rightTrairão

The Fresco River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a right tributary of Xingu River, which it joins at São Félix do Xingu.

The Fresco River is a blackwater river. Its basin is in the Xingu–Tocantins–Araguaia moist forests ecoregion.[3]

See also

References

  1. Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
  2. Michael, T. Coe; Marcos, Heil Costa; Aurélie, Botta; Charon, Birkett (23 Aug 2002). "Long-term simulations of discharge and floods in the Amazon Basin". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.549.3854.
  3. Sears, Robin, Eastern Amazonian - Brazil (NT0180), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-22


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