Vale do Ribeira
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| Coordinates: 24°36′32″S 47°47′49″W / 24.609°S 47.797°WCoordinates: 24°36′32″S 47°47′49″W / 24.609°S 47.797°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | São Paulo, Paraná |
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| • Total | 28,306.66 km2 (10,929.26 sq mi) |
| Time zone | BRT (UTC-03:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | BRST (UTC-02:00) |
Vale do Ribeira is a region in the south of the state of São Paulo and the northeast of the state of Paraná, Brazil. It contains a large part of the Ribeira de Iguape River valley, from which it takes its name, as well as the coastal Iguape-Cananéia-Paranaguá estuary lagoon complex. The region is environmentally rich, with large areas of well-preserved Atlantic Forest, but economically poor.
The Vale do Ribeira is in the south of the state of São Paulo and in the north of the state of Paraná. It includes the Ribeira de Iguape River Basin and the Iguape-Cananéia-Paranaguá estuary lagoon complex. It has an area of 28,306.66 square kilometres (10,929.26 sq mi), with a 2000 population of 481,224. It includes 22 municipalities in São Paulo and 9 in Paraná. 21 other municipalities in Paraná and 18 in São Paulo contain parts of the Ribeira basin.
Sub-basins of the Ribeira de Iguape River in São Paulo are:
Coastal basins of the Iguape-Cananéia-Paranaguá estuary lagoon complex are:
The region has exuberant natural beauty, with over 10,000 species of flora and fauna. It has over 21,000 square kilometres (8,100 sq mi) of well-preserved forests, about 21% of the total remaining Atlantic Forest in Brazil. It also has 1,500 square kilometres (580 sq mi) of restinga and 170 square kilometres (66 sq mi) of mangroves. In 1999 the Southeast Atlantic Forest Reserve, which covered 17 municipalities in the Vale do Ribeira, was one of six regions in Brazil that were considered by UNESCO to be natural World Heritage Sites. There are 24 conservation units in the region, containing rare species such as cedar, palmito, cinnamon, araucaria and caxeta, and many types of bromeliad and orchid. Preserved areas are found outside the conservation units in indigenous territories, quilombos and rural districts whose inhabitants practice small-scale subsistence agriculture.
Endangered species include the southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides), jaguar (Panthera onca), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus), black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga), broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) and red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis). Endemic species include saw-billed hermit (Ramphodon naevius), Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis), yellow-legged tinamou (Crypturellus noctivagus) and the Superagui lion tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara).
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