Igapó-Açu River

Igapó-Açu River
Native name	Rio Igapó-Açu (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Amazonas
Mouth
• coordinates	4.394599°S 59.972657°W / -4.394599; -59.972657
Length	500[1]
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Matupiri River

Igapó-Açu River (Portuguese: Rio Igapó-Açu is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Madeira River.

The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Amazonas

References

1. 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 21 October 2013.
2. Sears.

Sources

• Sears, Robin, Northern South America: Northwestern Brazil (NT0157), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-16