Cubatão River (south Santa Catarina)

Cubatão River
Cubatão River (south Santa Catarina) (Brazil)
Native name Rio Cubatão
Country Brazil
Basin
Main source Santa Catarina state
River mouth Atlantic Ocean, Palhoça, Santa Catarina
27°41′54″S 48°38′13″W / 27.698296°S 48.636924°W / -27.698296; -48.636924Coordinates: 27°41′54″S 48°38′13″W / 27.698296°S 48.636924°W / -27.698296; -48.636924
Features
Tributaries

The Cubatão River (south Santa Catarina) is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil.

The sources of the river are in the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a mountainous region to the south west of Florianópolis covered in lush rain forest. The river supplies water to the greater Florianópolis region.[1] It enters the Atlantic to the south of the suburb of Palhoça.

See also

References

  1. Parque Estadual da Serra do Tabuleiro (in Portuguese), FATMA: Fundação do meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-11
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