Juruena National Park
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| Parque Nacional do Juruena | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Waterfall in the national park
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| Location | Mato Grosso and Amazonas states, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 7°13′41″S 58°55′05″W / 7.228°S 58.918°WCoordinates: 7°13′41″S 58°55′05″W / 7.228°S 58.918°W |
| Area | 19,000 km² |
| Designation | National park |
| Established | 5 June 2006 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
Juruena National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional do Juruena), declared in 2006, is the third largest national park of Brazil. It is located along the Juruena River, in the north of Mato Grosso state and the south of Amazonas state. It forms part of a corridor of protected areas that is meant to contain agricultural expansion into the Amazon rainforest.
The park covers 1,958,203.56 hectares (4,838,826.4 acres), mostly in the Amazon biome. It is the third largest in Brazil. It contains parts of the municipalities of Apuí and Maués in Amazonas, and Cotriguaçu, Nova Bandeirantes and Apiacás in Mato Grosso. It adjoins the 808,312 hectares (1,997,380 acres) Sucunduri State Park in the municipality of Apuí. The Igarapés do Juruena State Park to the west overlaps by almost 53% with the Juruena National Park.
About 49% of the park is flat plains, 18% gently undulating, 21% undulating, and 10% strongly undulating. 1% is mountainous. Altitudes range from 39 to 457 metres (128 to 1,499 ft) above sea level. The park holds 39 river sub-basins. The largest is that of the São Tomé River, which occupies 23% of the area and has all its sources in the park. The Sucunduri River basin in the north of the park covers 10% of the total area. The rivers are classed as clear water. They are green or olive-green in the dry seasons, muddy in the rainy season. Navigability is poor for vessels of any size due to rocky outcrops, small or large rapids and waterfalls.
Juruena National Park was created by decree on 5 June 2006 and is administered by the federal Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It is one of the parks created under the Amazon Region Protected Areas Programme (ARPA) launched in 2002.
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