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Machado River

Ji-Paraná River
Machado River
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Bridge (BR-364 highway) over the river in Ji-Paraná city
Country Brazil
Source
 - location Parecis plateau, Rondônia, Brazil
Mouth Madeira River
 - location Rondônia, Brazil
Length 820 km (510 mi)
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Ji-Paraná River below center

The Ji-Paraná River (Machado River), sometimes spelled Jiparaná, is a river in Rondônia state in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. For much of its length it runs roughly parallel with the northeastern state border of Rondônia. The city of Ji-Paraná is divided by the river.

Part of the river's basin is covered by the 221,218 hectares (546,640 acres) Jacundá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit. Part of the basin is in the 346,861 hectares (857,110 acres) Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984. The river forms the southern boundary in Rondônia of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that holds an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.



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