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Das Balsas River (Tocantins)

Coordinates: 9°52′56″S 47°50′26″W / 9.88209°S 47.84045°W / -9.88209; -47.84045
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Balsas River
Das Balsas River (Tocantins) is located in Brazil
Das Balsas River (Tocantins)
Native nameRio Balsas (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTocantins state
Mouth 
 • location
Tocantins
 • coordinates
9°52′56″S 47°50′26″W / 9.88209°S 47.84045°W / -9.88209; -47.84045
Basin features
River systemTocantins River

The Balsas River is a river of Tocantins state in central Brazil, a tributary of the Do Sono River.

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 the Cerrado.[1]

See also

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References

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