Vargem do Braço River
The Vargem do Braço River (Portuguese: Rio Vargem do Braço, also known as Rio Vargem do Cedro[1] and Rio Pilões[2]) is a river of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
| Vargem do Braço River Vargem do Cedro River Pilões River | |
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 Scenery in the community of Vargem do Braço near the river mouth. | |
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| Native name | Rio Vargem do Braço (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cubatão River, Morro da Pipa, Santa Catarina |
• coordinates | 27°42′23″S 48°42′6″W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Cubatão River |
Course
The Vargem do Braço River rises in the lushly-forested Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) protected area created in 1975.[3] The Serra do Tabuleiro, with altitudes above 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), is the largest mountain in the east-central portion of the state.[4] The river is the main source of water for the greater Florianópolis metropolitan region.[4] The river seems to have flowed NNW until quite recently, when a major tectonic event forced it to change its course. It now flows ENE to enter the Cubatão River near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean.[5]
References
- Rio Vargem do Braço at GeoNames
- "Relatório anual de qualidade da água distribuída" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Companhia Catarinense de Águas e Saneamento. 20 February 2017.
O Rio Vargem do Braço, conhecido como Pilões)
- Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro – FATMA.
- José Pedro de Paiva Reis & Edison Ramos Tomazzoli 2010, p. 87.
- José Pedro de Paiva Reis & Edison Ramos Tomazzoli 2010, p. 88.
Sources
- José Pedro de Paiva Reis; Edison Ramos Tomazzoli (September 2010), "Evidências de neotectônica na bacia do Rio Vargem do Braço, SC", Revista de Geografia (in Portuguese), Recife: UFPE – DCG/NAPA, VIII SINAGEO (1), retrieved 2016-06-11
- Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11