Vaza-Barris River

The Vaza-Barris River (Portuguese: Rio Vaza-Barris) is a river in northeastern Brazil. The Vaza-Barris originates in northeastern Bahia state, and flows east through Bahia and Sergipe states to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near São Cristóvão.

Vaza-Barris River
Native nameRio Vaza-Barris  (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBahia
Mouth 
 • location
Atlantic Ocean
 • coordinates
11.171380°S 37.163546°W / -11.171380; -37.163546
Length450 kilometres (280 mi)

Course

The Vaza-Barris is a perennial river about 450 kilometres (280 mi) in length.[1] The source of the river is at the foot of the Serra dos Macacos in interior of Bahia near the town of Uauá.[1] In the municipality of Canudos, Bahia, the river is impounded by the Cocorobó Dam.[2] Is watershed above the dam drains an area of 3,600 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi).[3] Further east, the river defines the south boundary of the Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina Environmental Protection Area in the municipality of Jeremoabo, Bahia.[4] After leaving Bahia it flows through Sergipe to the coast.[1]

See also

References
  1. Proposta inclui a Bacia do Rio Vaza-Barris...
  2. Cocorobó Dam – IndustryAbout.com.
  3. Açude Cocorobó – DNOCS.
  4. APA Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina – INEMA.

Sources
  • Açude Cocorobó (in Portuguese), DNOCS, retrieved 2016-11-03
  • APA Serra Branca / Raso da Catarina (in Portuguese), INEMA: Instituto do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos (BA), retrieved 2016-11-03
  • "Cocorobó Dam", IndustryAbout.com, retrieved 2016-11-03
  • Proposta inclui a Bacia do Rio Vaza-Barris na área de atuação da Codevasf (in Portuguese), Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), 16 January 2014, retrieved 2016-11-03


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