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Meriti River

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Meriti River
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Meriti River
Location
Country Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMaciço da Pedra Branca, Rio de Janeiro
Mouth  
 • location
 Guanabara Bay
 • coordinates
 22°48′17″S43°16′32″W / 22.80472°S 43.27556°W / -22.80472; -43.27556
Length25.8 km (16.0 mi)
Basin size167 km2 (64 sq mi)

The Meriti is a river in Rio de Janeiro state in south-eastern Brazil.

It separates the municipalities of Duque de Caxias and São João de Meriti (north) from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro (south). Its mouth is at Guanabara Bay.

The name is of Tupi origin and means "water of the buriti" (from mburi'ti ("buriti") [1] and 'y ("water")). [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ FERREIRA, A. B. H. Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. Segunda edição. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986. pp. 294, 1 140
  2. ↑ "Curso de Tupi Antigo". Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-09-10.


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