Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park
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| Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park | |
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| Parque Nacional Nascentes do Lago Jari | |
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| Nearest city | Tapauá - State of Amazonas |
| Coordinates | 5°42′18″S 62°32′38″W / 5.705°S 62.544°W |
| Area | 812,745.18 hectares (2,008,337.1 acres) |
| Designation | National park |
| Created | 8 May 2008 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional Nascentes do Lago Jari) is a national park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest in the BR-319 highway area of influence.
10. Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park
The Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park has an area of 812,745.18 hectares (2,008,337.1 acres). The park is in the Amazon biome.[1] The park covers an area west of the BR-319 highway and east of the Purus River, to the south of Lago Jari and to the south west of the Matupiri State Park.[2] About 6% of the park is in the Beruri municipality and 94% in the Tapauá municipality, both of the state of Amazonas.[3]
The park protects the basin of the Jari River, an important right tributary of the Purus in its middle course, as well as the natural resources and associated fish. It is part of an important ecological corridor in the region between the Purus and Madeira rivers in combination with the Apurinã do Igarapé Tauamirim Indigenous Territory, Abufari Biological Reserve and Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve on the Purus River and the Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve, Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve and the Matupiri State Park near the Madeira.[3]