Juruá River
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For most of its length, the river flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion.[1] This is surrounded by the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[2] The Juruá rises among the Ucayali highlands, and is navigable and unobstructed for a distance of Template:Cvt above its junction with the Amazon. It has a total length of approximately Template:Cvt, and is one of the longest tributaries of the Amazon.
The Template:Convert Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 1997, is on the left bank of the river as it meanders in a generally northeast direction through the municipality of Carauari.[3] The lower Juruá River forms the western boundary of the Template:Convert Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.[4] Since 2018, the lower portion of the river in Brazil has been designated a protected Ramsar site.[5]
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