Rio Doce

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Rio Doce
Rio Doce

Rio Doce

Data
location Brazil
River system Rio Doce
source in the Serra do Espinhaço , Minas Gerais
muzzle in the state of Espírito Santo in the Atlantic Coordinates: 19 ° 39 ′ 21 ″  S , 39 ° 48 ′ 53 ″  W 19 ° 39 ′ 21 ″  S , 39 ° 48 ′ 53 ″  W

length 853 km
Drain MQ
 810 m³ / s
The Rio Doce and its catchment area

The Rio Doce and its catchment area

The Rio Doce [ˌχiu ˈdosi] (literally "Sweet River") is a river that flows into the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Brazil . It measures 853 km from the source in the Serra do Espinhaço in the state of Minas Gerais to the mouth 100 km north of Vitória in the state of Espírito Santo . There is a sandbank in front of the mouth .

More important places on the river are Ponte Nova , Ipatinga , Governador Valadares , Colatina and Linhares .

Since the beginning of the 19th century , the catchment area of ​​the river has been colonized by German and Italian settlers.

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Rio Doce are:

Environmental disaster

Mariana after the accident

On November 5, 2015, two of a total of three dams broke at an ore mine near the city of Mariana in the state of Minas Gerais and led to the largest mining disaster in Brazil to date. A magnitude 3 earthquake on the Richter scale was probably the cause of the dam breaks. Wastewater from the mines was channeled into the reservoir or mine retention basin . The river was ecologically destroyed over a length of more than 650 kilometers , with devastating and unforeseeable consequences for the adjacent stretches of land and the coastal waters of the region. The poisonous and sterile mud killed almost all animals in the river. At least 10 people died in the accident and more than 500 lost their homes. Several hundred thousand people were cut off from the drinking water supply and were supplied with water by the government. On the weekend of November 20, 2015, the mud broth reached the coast . Environmentalists are now concerned about coral reefs, tuna, sea turtles and humpback whales. The mass extinction of flora and fauna and the further pollution of the sea also endanger tourism, which is important for the coastal region.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unesco - Le Rio Doce à Colatina ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / webworld.unesco.org
  2. ↑ Michael Unsleber: Environmental catastrophe in Brazil: the east coast expects a huge toxic mudslide. In: latina-press.com. November 19, 2015, accessed January 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tjerk Brühwiller: Brazil dead river. In: nzz.ch. November 18, 2015, accessed January 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ https://www.jungewelt.de/2015/11-19/038.php
  5. ↑ BBC: Another two Brazil dams 'at risk of collapsing' . 17th November 2015.

Web links

Commons : Rio Doce  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files