Ivinhema River

Ivinhema River
Rio Ivinhema (Portuguese)
Ivinhema River is located in Brazil
Ivinhema River
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMato Grosso do Sul state
MouthParaná River
 • coordinates
23°15′S 53°43′W / 23.250°S 53.717°W / -23.250; -53.717
Length595 km (370 mi)
Basin size38,200 km2 (14,700 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
 • average544.5 m3/s (19,230 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemParaná River

The Ivinhema River (Portuguese: Rio Ivinhema) is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil. It is one of the main tributaries of the western part of the Paraná River.

Forty-six different species of fish were found in seven streams in the river basin.[1] The lower reaches are protected by the 73,345 hectares (181,240 acres) Rio Ivinhema State Park, created in 1998.[2]

  1. ^ "Home". researchgate.net.
  2. ^ PES do Rio Ivinhema (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-13