Caripi River (Maracanã)

The Caripi River (Portuguese: Rio Caripi) is a river of the state of Pará, Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Maracanã River.

Caripi River
Native name	Rio Caripi  (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	State of Pará, Brazil
Mouth
• coordinates	0.759265°S 47.485769°W
Basin features
River system	Maracanã River

Course

The Caripi River is the main tributary of the Maracanã River, which it enters from the left.[1] The lower reaches of the river are protected by the 30,179 hectares (74,570 acres) Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.[2]

Environment

The river is mainly surrounded by forest.[3] The region has a relatively low population, with 43 people per square kilometer.[4] The average temperature is 24 °C (75 °F). The hottest month is November, with 24 °C (75 °F) and the coldest month is March, with 22 °C (72 °F).[5] Average annual rainfall is 2,830 millimetres (111 in). The wettest month is March, with 655 millimetres (25.8 in) and the driest month is October with 9 millimetres (0.35 in).[6]

Rio Caripi
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     223     24 22     450     25 22     655     24 21     526     23 21     387     24 21     185     25 21     201     26 22     80     26 22     33     27 22     9     27 22     22     27 22     58     26 22 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: [5]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     8.8     75 72     18     77 72     26     75 70     21     73 70     15     75 70     7.3     77 70     7.9     79 72     3.1     79 72     1.3     81 72     0.4     81 72     0.9     81 72     2.3     79 72 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

See also

• List of rivers of Pará

References

1. Oliveira, Fontoura & Montag 2011, p. 759.
2. RESEX Marinha do Maracanã – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
3. "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
4. "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
5. NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index, NASA, retrieved 30 January 2016
6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

Sources

• Oliveira, Valéria de Albuquerque; Fontoura, Nelson Ferreira; Montag, Luciano Fogaça de Assis (2011), "Reproductive characteristics and the weight-length relationship in Anablepsanableps (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae) from the Amazon Estuary", Neotropical Ichthyology, Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, 9 (4), doi:10.1590/s1679-62252011005000042, retrieved 2016-08-09
• RESEX Marinha do Maracanã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-08