Tocantins River
The Tocantins River (Portuguese: Rio Tocantins Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u tokɐ̃ˈtʃĩs, tu-], Parkatêjê: Pyti [pɨˈti]): 59 is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country. In the Tupi language, its name means "toucan's beak" (Tukã for "toucan" and Ti for "beak"). It runs from south to north for about 2,450 km. It is not really a branch of the Amazon River, since its waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean alongside those of the Amazon. It flows through four Brazilian states (Goiás, Tocantins, Maranhão, and Pará) and gives its name to one of Brazil's newest states, formed in 1988 from what was until then the northern portion of Goiás.
| Tocantins River Pyti (Parkatêjê): 59 | |
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Tocantins River and Fernando Henrique Cardoso bridge | |
Map of the Araguaia/Tocantins Watershed | |
| Native name | Rio Tocantins (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Serra da Mesa Reservoir |
| • location | Minaçu, Goiás |
| • coordinates | 13°50′03″S 48°18′16″W |
| • elevation | 443 m (1,453 ft) |
| Mouth | Marajó Bay |
• location | Igarapé-Miri, Pará |
• coordinates | 1°45′S 49°10′W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 2,640 km (1,640 mi) |
| Basin size | 764,183 km2 (295,053 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 11,796 m3/s (416,600 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Tocantins basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Paranã, Sono River |
| • right | Araguaia River, Itacaiúnas River |
The Tocantins is one of the largest clearwater rivers in South America.
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