Rio Claro (Paranaíba)

Rio Claro
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location	In the southwest of the state of Goiás , Brazil
River system	Río de la Plata
Drain over	Paranaíba  → Paraná  → La Plata  → Atlantic
source	south of Caiapônia in the Serra do Caiapó
Source height	930  m
muzzle	from the right in the Rio Paranaíba west of São Simão Coordinates: 19 ° 7 ′ 55 ″  S , 50 ° 38 ′ 40 ″  W 19 ° 7 ′ 55 ″  S , 50 ° 38 ′ 40 ″  W
Mouth height	335  m
Height difference	595 m
Bottom slope	1.5 ‰
length	406.2 km SEPLAN: Bacia Paranaíba
Left tributaries	Rib. Paraíso, Rio Doce
Right tributaries	Rib. Água Parada, Rib. Invernadinha, Rib. Bonfim, Córr. do Bom Jardim

The Rio Claro is a right tributary into the Rio Paranaíba in the southwest of the Brazilian state of Goiás . Its total length is 406.2 km.

Its headwaters are south of Caiapônia in the Serra do Caiapó . On its southeastern course it flows through the municipalities of Perolândia , Jataí , Aparecida do Rio Doce , Caçu , Cachoeira Alta , Paranaiguara and São Simão , where it flows into the Rio Paranaíba .

New hydropower plants

Several hydropower plants are currently under construction in the lower reaches of the Rio Claro:

1. Caçu , Rio Claro, 60 MW, near Caçu, completion 2010
2. Barra dos Coqueiros , Rio Claro, 90 MW, between Caçu and Cachoeira Alta, completion 2010
3. Foz do Rio Claro , Rio Claro estuary, between Caçu and São Simão
4. Salto do Rio Verdinho , between Caçu and Itarumã

Together they will provide 400 MW of electrical energy, enough for a city with 1.2 million inhabitants.

history

The river was already known to the indigenous people of the Caiapó .

Lured by an imperial decree, which guaranteed ten years of tax exemption for those who settled uninhabited land in the interior, in 1836 the captain Francisco Joaquim Vilela and his son José Manuel Vilela and some companions crossed the Paranaíba river near Santa Rita do Paranaiba (today Itumbiara ) and penetrated into the unknown wilderness, up to a large river called "Rio Claro", the pioneers followed the Paranaíba River. On Ribeirão Ariranha (otter creek) they excluded from the country. In the same year they returned to Minas Gerais . In the following year Jose Manuel Vilela and his servants returned and settled there permanently.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SEPLAN: Paranaíba Basin ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ( port. ) 
2. ↑ Goiás: Billions in investments in hydropower plants  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (port.)