Macauã River | |
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Native name | Rio Macauã |
Country | Brazil |
Basin features | |
Main source | Acre state |
River mouth |
Iaco River, Sena Madureira, Acre 9°11′16″S 68°43′05″W / 9.187644°S 68.717920°WCoordinates: 9°11′16″S 68°43′05″W / 9.187644°S 68.717920°W |
River system | Iaco River |
Macauã River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil, a tributary of the Iaco River.
The river forms most of the southeast boundary of the 176,349 hectares (435,770 acres) Macauã National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1988. It flows through the northern part of the 21,148 hectares (52,260 acres) São Francisco National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001. It then flows through the eastern part of the 750,795 hectares (1,855,250 acres) Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve, established in 2002 to support sustainable use of the natural resources by the traditional population.