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 Location of 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 km^2 (139.289 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	6,559
• Density	12.4/km^2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
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