Das Balsas River (Tocantins)

Balsas River
Native name Rio Balsas
Country Brazil
Basin features
Main source Tocantins state
River mouth Bahia
11°54′54″S 45°39′40″W / 11.915040°S 45.661222°W / -11.915040; -45.661222Coordinates: 11°54′54″S 45°39′40″W / 11.915040°S 45.661222°W / -11.915040; -45.661222
River system Rio de Janeiro

The Balsas River is a river of Tocantins and Bahia states in central Brazil, a tributary of the Rio de Janeiro (Bahia).

The river basin includes part of the 707,079 hectares (1,747,230 acres) Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2001 to preserve an area of cerrado.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-28
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