The Taquari River ( Portuguese : Rio Taquari ) is a river in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil . It is a left tributary of the Paraguay River . The town of Coxim is situated on the Taquari.
8-620: The Taquari River is considered the most degraded river in the pantanal basin of Mato Grosso do Sul. The headwaters of the river are protected by the 30,619 hectares (75,660 acres) Nascentes do Rio Taquari State Park , created in 1999. The Taquari river complex has over recent decades been subject to various course changes and avulsions , partly through faults and crevasses in natural levees . Extensive and complex changes in water pathways have caused large scale redistribution of sediment and flooding of previously cultivated land. These processes, which are ongoing, have forced many farmers to abandon
16-489: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nascentes do Rio Taquari State Park The Nascentes do Rio Taquari State Park ( Portuguese : Parque Estadual das Nascentes do Taquari ) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil. It protects the headwaters of the Taquari River in an area in the transition between the cerrado and pantanal biomes. The Nascentes do Rio Taquari State Park
24-563: Is divided between the municipalities of Alcinópolis (82.7%) and Costa Rica (17.3%) in Mato Grosso do Sul. It has an area of 30,619 hectares (75,660 acres). The buffer zone covers 89,744.73 hectares (221,764.1 acres). The park contains parts of the Paraguay and Paraná river basins, and is near the watershed of the Araguaia River . It is between the chapadão and the pré-pantanal regions on
32-410: The cerrado and the pantanal. Vegetation is in the cerrado biome, and includes seasonal forests and cerradão . Conflicting activities include plowing with intensive use of agrochemicals, mining, roads, transmission lines and homes in the park. The Nascentes do Rio Taquari State Park was created by state decree 9.662 of 9 October 1999 with the objective of preserving the ecosystems, flora and fauna of
40-407: The area, maintaining the watershed, cultural heritage and landscape, and supporting recreation and tourism in contact with nature. Implementation of the park was made as a compensatory measure by the railway company Ferrovia Norte-Brasil (FERRONORTE) for engaging in work that had an environmental impact in the state. Decree 9.663 of 9 October 1999 provided for expropriation of privately owned lands in
48-802: The border between Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso and Goiás , and protects the sources of the Taquari River , considered the most degraded river in the pantanal basin of Mato Grosso do Sul. The park contains six large canyons formed over millions of years in the Chapadão de Baús on the western edge of the Brazilian central plateau. The park has archaeological sites that date back 11,000 years, with traces in caves of ancient rock paintings and petroglyphs . The park has great scenic beauty, and high potential for ecotourism, environmental education and research. The management plan, published in June 2009, defined zones of usage for
56-580: The park. About 50% is defined as having minimal human intervention, with restricted visitation. The Nascentes do Rio Taquari State Park is in the Pantanal Biosphere Reserve, which also includes the Pantanal , Chapada dos Guimarães , Emas and Serra da Bodoquena national parks, and the Serra de Santa Bárbara and Pantanal de Rio Negro state parks. It protects an important ecological corridor between
64-556: The region and hampered planning of future development over a very large area. In fact, the whole of the Pantanal wetland undergoes large changes in water flow characteristics on a range of timescales and the changes in the Taquari are part of a larger pattern of instability, which may be subject to effects of climate change . This article related to a river in Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
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