Comandante Fontoura River

Comandante Fontoura River
Map
Native nameRio Comandante Fontoura (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
StateMato Grosso, Pará
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSerra do Roncador
MouthXingu River
 • coordinates
9°40′S 52°16′W / 9.667°S 52.267°W / -9.667; -52.267
Length450 km (280 mi)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightRibeirão Preto River

The Comandante Fontoura (Portuguese: Rio Comandante Fontoura) is a river in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, a right tributary of the Xingu River. It starts in the Serra do Roncador, in the Maraiwatsede Indigenous Territory. It flows northwards and meets the Xingu River at the border of Mato Grosso and Pará.[2]

The river is named after Otávio Gusmão de Fontoura who explored its basin in 1913.[3]

References

  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. ^ Mapa Político do Estado do Mato Grosso, Diretoria do Geociências, 2009.
  3. ^ COMANDANTE FONTOURA (Rio), Portal Mato Grosso


This article related to a river in Mato Grosso, Brazil is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.