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Juruá 

a river in western Brazil, a right tributary of the Amazon. Length, 3,280 km; basin area, about 200,000 sq km. The river rises in the foothills of the Peruvian Andes (La Montana). In its middle and lower reaches the river’s tortuous route cuts through the Amazon lowlands. Fed by rain, the water level is high from January to May and low from August to October. The average flow is 6,000 cu m per sec. The river is navigable below the city of Cruzeiro do Sul.



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Marechal Thaumaturgo, basin of Rio Jurua, Rio Arara (tributary of Rio Jurua), 25 m, 9[degrees]4'13"S, 72[degrees]46'40"W, 6 May 2001, D.
In April and May 2001, two more Amazon lumber companies received certification: Jurua Madeiras, a medium-sized firm, and large producer Cikel Brasil Verde, in Para state.
Teixeira was still exploring and lent Acuna the opportunity to identify major tributaries, many with the same names used today: the Putumayo; the Jutai; and then the Jurua, which he wrongly thought came out of Cuzco.
 
 
 
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