Paraíba do Sul River

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The Paraíba do Sul River is an important waterway in southeastern Brazil that supports regional agriculture, industry, and urban water supply across the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rio Paraíba do Sul ⓘ
basinCountry Brazil ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
crossedBy Rodovia Presidente Dutra (BR-116) ⓘ
linked to: BR-116 highway
drainageBasin Paraíba do Sul basin ⓘ
ecoregion Paraíba do Sul ecoregion ⓘ
environmentalIssue deforestation in watershed ⓘ
industrial contamination ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
flowsThrough State of Minas Gerais ⓘ
linked to: Minas Gerais

State of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
State of São Paulo ⓘ
linked to: state of São Paulo
hasBridge President Dutra Highway bridges ⓘ
hasDam Funil Hydroelectric Plant ⓘ
Santa Cecília dam ⓘ
importance major water source for Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area ⓘ
supports regional agriculture ⓘ
supports regional industry ⓘ
languageOfName Portuguese ⓘ
length approximately 1137 km ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Region, Brazil ⓘ
majorTributary Muriae River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paraibuna River (Minas Gerais) ⓘ
Paraibuna River (São Paulo) ⓘ
Piabanha River ⓘ
linked to: Guapimirim River

Pomba River ⓘ
mouth Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
mouthLocation State of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
nameMeaning “Paraíba of the South” in Portuguese ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Forest biome region ⓘ
passesThrough Barra do Piraí ⓘ
Campos dos Goytacazes ⓘ
São José dos Campos ⓘ
Taubaté ⓘ
Volta Redonda ⓘ
region Vale do Paraíba ⓘ
sourceLocation Serra da Bocaina ⓘ
State of São Paulo ⓘ
linked to: state of São Paulo
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation (local and regional) ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
waterManagementAuthority Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) ⓘ
waterTransfer diversion to Guandu River system ⓘ

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Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southeast Region of Brazil → majorRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
State of Rio de Janeiro → hasMajorRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Our Lady Aparecida → associatedWithPlace → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
São José dos Campos → locatedOn → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
subject linked to: São José dos Campos, Brazil
Paraíba do Sul River → drainageBasin → Paraíba do Sul basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Paraíba do Sul River → alsoKnownAs → Rio Paraíba do Sul ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Paraíba do Sul River → ecoregion → Paraíba do Sul ecoregion ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Campos dos Goytacazes → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Região Serrana (Rio de Janeiro) → hasCity → Paraíba do Sul ⓘ
subject linked to: Região Serrana
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Região Sul Fluminense → traversedBy → Paraíba do Sul river ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Volta Redonda → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Vassouras branch → associatedRegion → Paraíba Valley ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Pindamonhangaba → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Jacareí → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Jacareí → belongsTo → Paraíba Valley ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Taubaté → locatedInValley → Paraíba Valley ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Taubaté → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Guaratinguetá → locatedOn → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Bragança Paulista → isLocatedOn → Paraíba do Sul river basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Porto Real → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
subject linked to: Porto Real, Brazil
Serra da Mantiqueira → feeds → Paraíba do Sul River basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Aparecida, São Paulo → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil → locatedIn → Paraíba do Sul valley ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil → crossedBy → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte → namedAfter → Paraíba do Sul River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte → locatedOnRiverBasin → Paraíba do Sul River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Vale do Paraíba region → followsRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Vale do Paraíba region → locatedIn → Paraíba Valley ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte → riverBasin → Paraíba do Sul River basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
São José dos Campos → locatedNear → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Rodovia Tamoios → connects → Paraíba Valley ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Ubá → locatedInRiverBasin → Paraíba do Sul river basin ⓘ
subject linked to: Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Serra da Bocaina → drainageBasin → Paraíba do Sul River basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Barra do Piraí → hasRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Santa Cecília Dam → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
subject linked to: Santa Cecília dam
Santa Cecília Dam → watercourse → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
subject linked to: Santa Cecília dam
Santa Cecília Dam → controlsFlowOf → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
subject linked to: Santa Cecília dam
Funil Hydroelectric Plant → locatedOnRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Funil Hydroelectric Plant → usesWaterSource → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Funil Hydroelectric Plant → locatedInRiverBasin → Paraíba do Sul River basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
President Dutra Highway bridges → crosses → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
President Dutra Highway bridges → riverBasin → Paraíba do Sul basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Paraibuna River (Minas Gerais) → partOf → Paraíba do Sul basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Paraibuna River (Minas Gerais) → tributaryOf → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Paraibuna River (Minas Gerais) → waterSystem → Paraíba do Sul River system ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Vale do Paraíba → traversedBy → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Pomba River → mouth → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
Pomba River → riverSystem → Paraíba do Sul River basin ⓘ
linked to: Paraíba do Sul River
Northern Rio de Janeiro → hasRiver → Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ