Itaúnas River

The Itaúnas River (Portuguese: Itaúnas) is a river of Espírito Santo state in eastern Brazil.

Itaúnas River
Native name	Rio Itaúnas (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Espírito Santo state
Mouth
• location	Atlantic Ocean
• coordinates	18.534590°S 39.732108°W / -18.534590; -39.732108

The 3,481 hectares (8,600 acres) Itaúnas State Park, created in 1991, is named after the Itaúnas River, which runs through the park for 34 kilometres (21 mi).^[1] The river approaches the coast at the settlement of Itaúnas and then runs southwest, parallel to the coast behind a sand bar, before entering the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Conceição da Barra.^[2]

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  Itaúnas River at dawn

See also

• List of rivers of Espírito Santo

References

1. Plano de Manejo 1 – CEPEMAR, p. 4.
2. Parque Estadual de Itaúnas – IEMA, mapa.

Sources

• Parque Estadual de Itaúnas (in Portuguese), IEMA: Instituto Estadual de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos, archived from the original on 2016-10-27, retrieved 2016-10-27
• Plano de Manejo do Parque Estadual de Itaúnas (in Portuguese), vol. 1 – Informações gerais do parque, CEPEMAR – Serviços de Consultoria em Meio Ambiente, August 2004, archived from the original on 2016-10-27, retrieved 2016-10-27