Rio Novo National Park
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| Parque Nacional do Rio Novo | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Rio Novo
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| Nearest city | Itaituba, Pará |
| Coordinates | 7°57′32″S 56°40′23″W / 7.959°S 56.673°WCoordinates: 7°57′32″S 56°40′23″W / 7.959°S 56.673°W |
| Area | 538,151 hectares (1,329,800 acres) |
| Designation | National park |
| Created | 13 February 2006 |
| Administrator | ICMBio |
Rio Novo National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional do Rio Novo is a national park in the state of Pará, Brazil.
The Rio Novo National Park has an area of 538,151 hectares (1,329,800 acres). It covers parts of the municipalities of Novo Progresso and Itaituba in Pará. The park is in an area of low-relief plateaus and depressions. The east is in the Jamanxim-Xingu depression, with flat terrain at elevations of 100 to 400 metres (330 to 1,310 ft), rising in small areas to the residual tablelands of southern Pará, with clusters of hills and low mountains with heights of 350 to 750 metres (1,150 to 2,460 ft). The west is on the Parauari-Tropas plateau, broken hilly country with elevations from 150 to 400 metres (490 to 1,310 ft) The southwest is dominated by the Serra do Cachimbo, rising to 500 to 650 metres (1,640 to 2,130 ft), with a sharp escarpment forming its northern face.
The park is in the basins of the Jamanxim and Crepori rivers, tributaries of the Tapajós. The main river in the park is the Rio Novo, a major tributary of the Jamanxim formed by the juncture of the Inambé and Marrom rivers. There are several waterfalls and rapids in the park due to the drop from the south to the north. Most of the streams have been contaminated by the illegal mining in the region. The park adjoins the Mundurucu Indigenous Territory to the west. It adjoins the Jamanxim National Forest to the east.
The Rio Novo National Park is in the Amazon biome. Average annual rainfall is 2,337 millimetres (92.0 in). Temperatures range from 24 to 33 °C (75 to 91 °F) with an average of 27 °C (81 °F). It is in a region of contact between the cerrado and Amazon forest, and has at least six different zones of vegetation due to the difference in altitude between the Serra do Cachimbo and the Amazon lowlands. Roughly 53% is covered by open rainforest, 33% by dense rainforest and 14% by contact between savannah and seasonal forest. The endangered white-cheeked spider monkey (Ateles marginatus) is an endemic species.
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