Águas Mornas

Águas Mornas
municipality
Church of Águas Mornas and town square Evaldo Carlos Lehmkuhl
Church of Águas Mornas and town square Evaldo Carlos Lehmkuhl
Flag of Águas Mornas
Official seal of Águas Mornas
Location of Águas Mornas
Location of Águas Mornas
Águas Mornas is located in Brazil
Águas Mornas
Águas Mornas
Coordinates: 27°41′38″S 48°49′26″W / 27.69389°S 48.82389°W / -27.69389; -48.82389
Country Brazil
RegionSouth
StateSanta Catarina (state) Santa Catarina
FoundedDecember 29, 1961
Government
 • MayorElmar Antônio Thiesen (PFL)
Area
 • Total
360.757 km2 (139.289 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total
6,559
 • Density12.4/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0.783
Websitewww.aguasmornas.sc.gov.br

Águas Mornas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina.

The municipality contains part of the Rio das Lontras Private Natural Heritage Reserve, a fully protected area of montane rainforest in the Atlantic Forest biome.[2] It also contains part of the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a protected area created in 1975. The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the Vargem do Braço, Cubatão and D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region.[3]

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ RPPN Reserve Ecologica Rio das Lontras (in Portuguese), Associação dos Proprietários de Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural de Santa Catarina, retrieved 2016-05-18
  3. ^ Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11