Águas Mornas

Águas Mornas
municipality

Church of Águas Mornas and town square Evaldo Carlos Lehmkuhl

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Location of Águas Mornas
Águas Mornas

Location of Águas Mornas

Coordinates: 27°41′38″S 48°49′26″W / 27.69389°S 48.82389°W / -27.69389; -48.82389Coordinates: 27°41′38″S 48°49′26″W / 27.69389°S 48.82389°W / -27.69389; -48.82389
Country  Brazil
Region South
State Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina
Founded December 29, 1961
Government
 • Mayor Elmar Antônio Thiesen (PFL)
Area
 • Total 360.757 km2 (139.289 sq mi)
Elevation 70 m (230 ft)
Population (2009)
 • Total 4,503
 • Density 12.4/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2000) 0.783
Website www.aguasmornas.sc.gov.br

Águas Mornas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina.

The municipality contains part of the Rio das Lontras Private Natural Heritage Reserve, a fully protected area of montane rainforest in the Atlantic Forest biome.[1] It also contains part of the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a protected area created in 1975. The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the Vargem do Braço, Cubatão and D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region.[2]

References

  1. ↑ RPPN Reserve Ecologica Rio das Lontras (in Portuguese), Associação dos Proprietários de Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural de Santa Catarina, retrieved 2016-05-18
  2. ↑ Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11


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