Paru River
River in Pará, Brazil
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The Paru River is a northern tributary of the lower Amazon in Pará state in north-central Brazil.
| Paru River | |
|---|---|
| |
 Amazon Basin with Paru River in the northeast | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Pará |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Amazon River |
• location | near the city of Almeirim, Pará, Brazil |
| Length | 710 km (440 mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 970 m3/s (34,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Citaré River |
The river flows through the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion.[2] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.[3]
In popular culture
The seventh track of the album Aguas da Amazonia is named after the river.
