Águas Mornas

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

Águas Mornas
municipality
Church of Águas Mornas and town square Evaldo Carlos Lehmkuhl
Flag Seal
Location of Águas Mornas
Águas Mornas
Coordinates: 27°41′38″S 48°49′26″W
Country	Brazil
Region	South
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  (2020 [1])
• Total	6,559
• Density	12.4/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)	0.783
Website	www.aguasmornas.sc.gov.br

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. RPPN Reserve Ecologica Rio das Lontras (in Portuguese), Associação dos Proprietários de Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural de Santa Catarina, retrieved 2016-05-18
3. Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11