Biá River

For the river in Ghana and Ivory Coast, see Bia River.

Biá River
Native name	Rio Biá (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	State of Amazonas
Mouth
• location	Jutaí River
• coordinates	3.883734°S 67.533538°W / -3.883734; -67.533538
Length	470 [1]
Basin features
River system	Jutaí River

The Biá River (Portuguese: Rio Biá) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Jutaí River.

The 2,450,380 hectares (6,055,000 acres) Cujubim Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003, lies on either side of the river in the municipality of Jutaí.[2] It is the largest conservation unit in Amazonas and the largest sustainable development reserve in the world.[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Amazonas

References

1. Ziesler & Ardizzone 1979.
2. RDS Cujubim – ISA, Informações gerais.
3. RDS Cujubim – ISA, Características.

Sources

• RDS Cujubim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-25
• Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979), "Amazon River System", The Inland waters of Latin America, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, ISBN 92-5-000780-9, archived from the original on 8 November 2014