Rio Crixás-Açu
Rio Crixás-Açu | ||
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location | State of Goiás , Brazil | |
River system | Rio Tocantins | |
Drain over | Rio Araguaia → Rio Tocantins → Rio Pará (Amazon Delta) → South Atlantic | |
source | approx. 6 km west-northwest of Nova América and east of the Serra do Acampamento 14 ° 59 ′ 40 ″ S , 49 ° 57 ′ 20 ″ W |
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Source height | 772 m | |
muzzle |
Rio Araguaia coordinates: 13 ° 19 ′ 40 ″ S , 50 ° 36 ′ 55 ″ W 13 ° 19 ′ 40 ″ S , 50 ° 36 ′ 55 ″ W. |
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Mouth height | 240 m | |
Height difference | 532 m | |
Bottom slope | 1.3 ‰ | |
length | 420 km | |
Catchment area | 23,147 km² | |
Left tributaries | Córr. Alagado, Rio Vermelho , Rio Palmeiral, Rio Crixás-Mirim | |
Right tributaries | Rio do Peixe, Rio dos Bois, Riachão, Rio Gregório, Rio Pintado | |
Small towns | Santa Terezinha de Goiás |
The Rio Crixas-Açu , also called Crixás grande , is a right tributary of the Rio Araguaia in the Brazilian state of Goiás in the mesoregion of Northwest Goiás . Its source is east of the Serra do Acampamento and west-northwest of Nova América in the municipality of Crixás , for which it is the namesake .
West of the Serra do Acampamento also has its “sister river”, the Rio Crixás-Mirim , also called Crixá pequenha (little Crixás). It flows as a left tributary into the Rio Crixas-Açu, just before the national reserve Meandros do Rio Araguaia and near the mouth of the Rio Crixás-Açu into the Rio Araguaia.
Geographical course
Apart from its source community Crixás, the Rio Crixás-Açu is always a border river between the following Goian communities up to its confluence with the Rio Araguaia:
Left-sided church | Right-hand church |
Crixás | Guarinos |
Santa Terezinha de Goiás |
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Uirapuru | |
Mara Rosa | |
Amarlina |
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Mundo Novo | |
Bonópolis | |
Sao Miguel do Araguaia |
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Nova Crixás |
Tributaries
The main tributaries are:
Left tributaries | Right tributaries |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Systema National de Informações Sobre Recursos Hídrico (SNIRH 2009), page V.II-13 ( 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. , PDF file, ( Portuguese ; accessed August 11, 2012).
- ↑ Map of Goiás ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2011 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. .