The Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area ( Portuguese : Área de Proteção Ambiental Margem Direita do Rio Negro ) is an Environmental protection area (APA) in the state of Amazonas , Brazil.
13-676: Parts of the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area lies in the municipalities of Iranduba (21.17%), Manacapuru (18.96%) and Novo Airão (59.87%) in the state of Amazonas. It covers most of the land along the right (west) bank of the Rio Negro from the mouth of the Puduari River , which separates it from the Rio Negro State Park North Section south to the point where it joins
26-464: A 103,086 hectares (254,730 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 2008 in an effort to stop deforestation in the area, which is threatened due to its proximity to Manaus. This article about a location in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Solim%C3%B5es River Solimões ( Portuguese pronunciation: [soliˈmõjs] )
39-646: A cable-stayed bridge which opened in 2011. The municipality contains about 21% of the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area , a 1,140,990 hectares (2,819,400 acres) sustainable use conservation unit that controls use of an area of Amazon rainforest along the Rio Negro above the junction with the Solimões River . It also contains about 80% of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve ,
52-525: Is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas . The population of Iranduba in 2020 was 49,011 and its area is 2,215 km , making it the smallest municipality in Amazonas in terms of area. The municiaplity is located south and west of Manaus on the right bank of the Rio Negro and the left bank of the Solimões River . It is connected to Manaus by the Manaus Iranduba Bridge ,
65-630: Is in the central Amazonia corridor and is part of the Lower Rio Negro Mosaic . It protects the extensive forests of the Rio Negro in the Central Amazon Plain. The APA is drained by white water and black water rivers in the interfluvial region of the Rio Negro and Solimões basins, including várzea lowland areas and higher terra firma. In the section north of Novo Airão the forests are almost intact, but further south there are degraded areas in
78-646: Is the name often given to upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru . The Solimões flows for about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) through a floodplain about 80 km (50 miles) wide. The Amazon / Solimões river just above the confluence of the Solimões and Rio Negro is already by far the largest river in the world, even though its two largest tributaries (the Negro and
91-664: The Madeira River ) have not yet contributed to the flow volume. The Solimões portion of the Amazon River lies entirely in the state of Amazonas , Brazil, and some portion of the state is often referred to as the "Solimões region". The ecoregion of the Solimões River drainage basin is entirely tropical rainforest . An Amazonian aboriginal nation called Soriman was corrupted in Portuguese to Solimão and Soliemoens , from which
104-559: The Solimões River to form the Amazon River at Manaus , including part of the left bank of the Solimões. It does not include the section of the right bank covered by the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve , or the surroundings of the town of Novo Airão. The section from Manaus to Novo Airão is mainly accessed by boat or float plane. There is also access along the AM-340 highway. The APA has an area of 461,741 hectares (1,140,990 acres). The Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area
117-706: The APA were again altered by state law 3355 of 26 December 2008. On 9 September 2014 a working group was established to review the limits of the Puduari-Solimões section of the Margem Direita do Rio Negro Environmental Protection Area and the Rio Negro State Park North Section to compensate for land used to create the new campus for the Amazonas State University . Iranduba Iranduba
130-647: The endangered black caiman ( Melanosuchus niger ). Over 100 species of fish have been identified, including the endangered Arapaima gigas . There are 30 communities in the APA, mainly engaged in subsistence fishing but also practising commercial fishing, farming, livestock raising and manufacture of flour, canoes and boats, brooms and handicrafts. The main commercial fish are the Semaprochilodus taeniurus and Semaprochilodus insignis . The APA has several archaeological sites. The villages of Paricatuba and Acajatuba are tourist attractions. The Rio Negro Right Bank APA
143-469: The municipality of Iranduba due to the proximity of Manaus. There are over 40 species of mammals including the endangered jaguar ( Panthera onca ) and giant otter ( Pteronura brasiliensis ). There are more than 300 species of birds, including the endangered black-and-white hawk-eagle ( Spizaetus melanoleucus ) and harpy eagle ( Harpia harpyja ). The APA is home to many species of frogs, lizards and snakes, and several of turtles and alligators, including
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#1732916662900156-472: The name of this section of the river and the region it drains is derived. Use of the name Solimões for the upper Amazon is mostly confined to Brazilian speakers of Portuguese ; the rest of the world refers to both the upper and lower portions of the river as the Amazon . 04°38′09″S 70°15′57″W / 4.63583°S 70.26583°W / -4.63583; -70.26583 This article related to
169-657: Was created by Amazonas state governor decree 16.498 of 2 April 1995. State law 2646 of 22 May 2001 modified the limits of the Rio Negro State Park North Section and South Section , and the Rio Negro Left Bank and Right Bank APAs. The Rio Negro Right Bank APA, Puduari - Solimões Section, now had an area of 566,365 hectares (1,399,520 acres). It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor , established in 2002. The limits of
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