Mapuá River
| Mapuá River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pará state |
| Mouth | |
• location | Aramá River |
• coordinates | 1°03′54″S 50°33′02″W / 1.065013°S 50.550486°W |
The Mapuá River (Portuguese: Rio Mapuá) is a river of Marajó, which itself is an island in the Amazon Delta. It is a left tributary of the Aramá River.
Course
The Mapuá River rises on the island of Marajó in the delta region where the Amazon and Tocantins rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. It runs along the southern boundary of the Mapuá Extractive Reserve. The Mapuá is a left tributary of the Aramã, which forms the northern boundary of the reserve. The reserve contains sheets of tidal water and mangroves.[1] The reserve is mostly lowland floodplain, with some terra firma in the centre of the territory.[2]
History
In August 1659, the Treaty of the Mapuá was signed here by Portuguese Jesuits led by António Vieira with various indigenous peoples who inhabited the Marajó Archipelago, including the Aruã.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "RESEX Mapuá". ISA: Instituto Socioambiental. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Extrativista Mapuá". MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente.
- ^ Steward, J.H. (1948). Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 3: The Tropical Forest Tribes (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. p. 194–196.