Jucu River

Jucu River
Jucu River (Brazil)
Native name Rio Jucu
Country Brazil
Basin
Main source Espírito Santo state
River mouth Vila Velha. Atlantic ocean

The Jucu River is a river of Espírito Santo state in eastern Brazil.

The estuary of the river is in the Jacarenema Ecological Reserve, a 307 hectares (760 acres) conservation area in the city of Vila Velha. The mangroves of the estuary have suffered from pollution from waste water and garbage washed down from further up the river.[1]

See also

References

  1. Silva, Diego Galvagne da; Gomes, Juliana Lisboa; Martins, Marcio Lacerda Lopes (November 2006), "Caracterização da vegetação do Manguezal na Reserva Ecológica de Jacarenema, Vila Velha, ES" (PDF), 57º Congresso Nacional de Botânica, retrieved 2016-06-05

Coordinates: 20°25′23″S 40°19′18″W / 20.42306°S 40.32167°W / -20.42306; -40.32167


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.