Mucuim River
River in Brazil
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The Mucuim River (Portuguese: Rio Mucuim) is a river in Brazil, a tributary of the Purus River.
| Mucuim River | |
|---|---|
  Location within Brazil | |
| Native name | Rio Mucuim (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Purus River |
• coordinates | 6.540548°S 64.342590°W |
| Length | 350 kilometres (220 mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Purus River |
Course
The Mucuim river flows through the Mapinguari National Park, a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008.[2] To the north of the national park it is crossed by the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230), then runs through the Balata-Tufari National Forest before joining the Purus.[3] The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches.[4] It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus.
