Mapinguari National Park
| Mapinguari National Park | |
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| Parque Nacional Mapinguari | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Nearest city | Porto Velho, Rondônia |
| Coordinates | 8°45′07″S 64°38′35″W / 8.752°S 64.643°WCoordinates: 8°45′07″S 64°38′35″W / 8.752°S 64.643°W |
| Area | 1,776,914.18 hectares (4,390,850.6 acres) |
| Designation | National park |
| Created | 5 June 2008 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
Mapinguari National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional Mapinguari) is a national park in the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, Brazil. It covers a large area of Amazon rainforest. The boundaries have been adjusted several times.
The Mapinguari National Park is in the municipalities of Canutama (40%) and Lábrea (50%) in Amazonas and the municipality of Porto Velho (11%) in Rondônia. It has an area of 1,776,914.18 hectares (4,390,850.6 acres). The park is in the Solimões-Amazonas sedimentary basin, in the south Amazon depression. The relief is an extensive pediplain with river terraces, floodplains and meander traces. Altitudes range from 51 to 256 metres (167 to 840 ft) above sea level. It is drained by streams or rivers feeding the left of the Madeira River and the right of the Purus River. The main rivers within the park are the Açuã, Mucuim, Inacorrã, Umari, Ciriquiqui, Punicici, Coari, Anaiquê and Coti.
The park is in the Amazon biome. Average annual rainfall is 2,700 millimetres (110 in). Temperatures range from 23 to 32 °C (73 to 90 °F) with an average of 27 °C (81 °F). Vegetation includes savannah and rainforest (56%), open submontane rainforest (11%) and savannah parkland (9%). 258,000 hectares (640,000 acres) of the savannah portion is subject to forest fires. Some of the savanna is periodically flooded and susceptible to fires in the dry season. The primate Stephen Nash's titi (Callicebus stephennashi) has been found in the park. A new species of bird, the Campina jay (Cyanocorax hafferi), was recently found in the transition between the rainforest and the natural fields.
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