Juruá River

Template:For Template:Infobox river The Juruá River (Template:Langx {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx) is a southern affluent river of the Amazon River west of the Purus River. The Juruá emerges from highlands in east-central Peru, then winds its way through lowlands in Brazil, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression; and having all the characteristics of the Purus as regards curvature, sluggishness and general features of the low, half-flooded forest country it traverses.

For most of its length, the river flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> This is surrounded by the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> The lower Juruá River forms the western boundary of the Template:Convert Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Since 2018, the lower portion of the river in Brazil has been designated a protected Ramsar site.<ref name="RSIS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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