Piriá River (Eastern Pará)

For the tributary of the Pará River, see Piriá River (Pará River).

Piriá River
Piriá River (Eastern Pará)
Native name	Rio Piriá (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Nova Esperança do Piriá
• coordinates	2.472190°S 47.085569°W / -2.472190; -47.085569
Mouth
• location	Atlantic Ocean
• coordinates	1.021749°S 46.200151°W / -1.021749; -46.200151

The Piriá River (Portuguese: Rio Piriá) is a river in the extreme east of the state of Pará, Brazil. The river rises in the municipality of Nova Esperança do Piriá, and flows past the municipal seat of Nova Esperança do Piriá. It flows in a generally northeast direction. The lower reaches of the river before it enters the Atlantic Ocean are protected by the Gurupi-Piriá Marine Extractive Reserve.

See also

• List of rivers of Pará

Sources

• RESEX Marinha de Gurupi-Piriá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)