Fresco River
River in Pará, Brazil
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The Fresco River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. It is a right tributary of Xingu River, which it joins at São Félix do Xingu.
Native nameRio Fresco (Portuguese)
CountryBrazil
coordinates
6°38′43″S 52°00′09″WLength560 km (350 mi)[1]
| Fresco River | |
|---|---|
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  Mouth location in Brazil | |
| Native name | Rio Fresco (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 6°38′43″S 52°00′09″W |
| Length | 560 km (350 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 43,771 km2 (16,900 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | São Félix do Xingu, Pará State (near mouth) |
| • average | 865.6 m3/s (30,570 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 2.03 m3/s (72 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 4,526 m3/s (159,800 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Boa Esperança, Pará State (Basin size: 43,030 km2 (16,610 sq mi) |
| • average | 851 m3/s (30,100 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1970-1996)837 m3/s (29,600 cu ft/s)[2] |
| • minimum | 2 m3/s (71 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 4,449 m3/s (157,100 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Xingu River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Riozinho |
| • right | Trairão |
The Fresco River is a blackwater river. Its basin is in the Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests ecoregion.[3]