Jari River

Jari River

The Jari River, is a northern tributary of the Amazon river on the border between the states of Pará and Amapá in northeastern Brazil. It is in the most downstream regions of the Amazon Basin and borders the Guiana Highlands and the Guianas and French Guiana to the northwest.

See also

* Jari project


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