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Culuene River

Coordinates: 12°55′33″S 52°49′39″W / 12.925852°S 52.827521°W / -12.925852; -52.827521
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Culuene River
Culuene River is located in Brazil
Culuene River
Mouth location in Brazil
Native nameRio Culuene (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMato Grosso state
Mouth 
 • coordinates
12°55′33″S 52°49′39″W / 12.925852°S 52.827521°W / -12.925852; -52.827521
Length600[1]
Basin features
River systemXingu River

The Culuene River, or Kuluene River is a 600 km tributary of Xingu River in Mato Grosso, a state in western Brazil. The main economic activities in the region are agriculture and cattle farming.[citation needed]

It joins the Xingu from the southeast in the Xingu Indigenous Park. The Culuene Biological Reserve is south of the park in the municipality of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ REBIO do Culuene (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-02-22