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13-1249: [REDACTED] Look up purus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Purus and Purús may refer to: Places and jurisdictions in the Amazon basin [ edit ] Purus River or Rio Purús, a tributary of the Amazon River in South America Purús Communal Reserve , in Peru Purús District , in Purús Province, Peru Purús Province , in Peru Purus National Forest , in Amazonas, Brazil Other [ edit ] Latin for pure , as in Actus purus plural of Puru (Vedic tribe) See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Purus Purussaurus ,

26-519: A prehistoric reptile Puru (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Purus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Purus&oldid=1200070080 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

39-497: A strictly protected area. In 2008, a previously unknown pre-Columbian civilization was discovered in the upper region of the river close to the Bolivian border. After much of the forest in the region was cleared for agricultural use, satellite pictures revealed the remains of large geometric earthworks . Canutama Extractive Reserve The Canutama Extractive Reserve ( Portuguese : Reserva Extrativista Canutama )

52-523: Is a species of howler monkey native to Brazil, Peru and north of Bolivia. Peckoltia brevis , a kind of catfish, is found in the middle and upper Amazon within the Purus river basin. Most of the central and lower sections of the river flow through the Purus várzea ecoregion. In the municipality of Tapauá , Amazonas, the river flows through the 233,864 hectares (577,890 acres) Abufari Biological Reserve ,

65-652: Is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas , Brazil. The Canutama Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Canutama , Amazonas. It has an area of 197,986 hectares (489,230 acres). The reserve lies along a stretch of the Purus River between the towns of Lábrea and Canutama . It adjoins the Canutama State Forest to the north and the Balata-Tufari National Forest to the east. The Médio Purus Extractive Reserve

78-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Purus River The Purus River rises in Peru. It defines the boundary between Peru and Brazil in the centre of the state of Acre , then runs for a short distance along the boundary of the 231,555 hectares (572,180 acres) Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest , a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001 after it

91-767: Is joined by the Santa Rosa River . The Purus then flows north east through Manoel Urbano It runs through a continuous forest at the bottom of the great depression, lying between the Madeira River, which skirts the edge of the Brazilian sandstone plateau, and the Ucayali River , which hugs the base of the Andes . In the state of Amazonas the river runs through the 133,637 hectares (330,220 acres) Arapixi Extractive Reserve , created in 2006 and past

104-430: Is one of the most crooked streams in the world, and its length in a straight line is less than half of its length following its curves. It is practically only a drainage ditch for the half-submerged, lake-flooded district it crosses. Its width is very uniform for 1,000 miles (1,600 km) up, and for 800 miles (1,300 km) its depth is never less than 45 feet (14 m). The Purús red howler ( Alouatta puruensis )

117-548: Is upstream, to the southwest. To the west the reserve is bounded by the Banawá Indigenous Territory. Vegetation is 100% Amazon rainforest . The population of about 200 families includes gatherers, riverine farmers, fishermen and rubber tappers. The Canutama Extractive Reserve was created by Amazonas state decree 28421 of 27 March 2009. The conservation unit was created with five others totalling 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi) to help meet

130-530: The requirements for granting an environmental license to reconstruction work on the BR-319 highway that connects Porto Velho to Manaus . The minister of the environment defended implementation of what he called a "green pocket" around the highway. On 16 November 2009 the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA – National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised

143-669: The reserve as supporting 200 families who would be eligible for PRONAF . The state-level conservation units in the BR-319 corridor are the Piagaçu-Purus , Rio Amapá , Rio Madeira , Igapó-Açu and Matupiri sustainable development reserves, Canutama Extractive Reserve, Canutama State Forest , Tapauá State Forest and Matupiri State Park . In December 2012 the Amazonas state government allocated more than R$ 6 million to these nine units, covering 30,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi) and 143 communities, to be coordinated by

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156-577: The stretch between the towns of Lábrea and Canutama . In the lowest reaches the river flows through the 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve , established in 2003, which holds a large part of its floodplain. It enters the Amazon River west of the Madeira River , which it parallels as far south as the falls of the latter stream. William Chandless found its elevation above sea level to be only 107 feet (33 m) 590 miles (950 km) from its mouth. It

169-511: The town of Boca do Acre at the end of the BR-317 highway. Further down, it forms the west boundary of the 256,000 hectares (630,000 acres) Purus National Forest , created in 1988. From the town of Pauini down to the town of Lábrea the river is bordered by the 604,209 hectares (1,493,030 acres) Médio Purus Extractive Reserve , created in 2008. Below this it runs through the 197,986 hectares (489,230 acres) Canutama Extractive Reserve along

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