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The Doce River Basin (Portuguese: Bacia do rio Doce) is located in the southeastern region of Brazil. According to the Doce River Basin Committee (CBH-Doce), it belongs to the Southeast Atlantic hydrographic region, has a drainage area of 86,175 square kilometers and covers all or part of 229 municipalities. 86% of the basin's area belongs to the state of Minas Gerais, in the Doce River Valley ...
The Doce River (Portuguese: Rio Doce [ˈʁi.u ˈdos(i)], "Sweet River") is a river in southeast Brazil with a length of 853 kilometres (530 mi). The river basin is economically important. In 2015, the collapse of a dam released highly contaminated water from mining into the river, causing an ecological disaster.
It is located on the left bank of the Manhuaçu River in the Doce River basin. [8] The region has a rugged terrain with altitudes from 318 to 628 metres (1,043 to 2,060 ft). The reserve holds parts of the basins of the Jaó and Matão streams. [9]
The dam collapse caused a wave of toxic tailings that killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless, flooded forests and polluted the entire length of the Doce River.
The Santo Antônio River of Brazil rises in the Espinhaço Mountains, in the district of Santo Antônio do Cruzeiro, city of Conceição do Mato Dentro, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. [1] Running to the east, after a journey of 287 km, will pour its waters into the Rio Doce .
With a total area of 62.06 km 2, the water body is the largest lake within a set of coastal lagoons that are inserted in the Doce River basin. [5] The Juparanã Lagoon communicates with the Doce River through the Pequeno River in Linhares. [6] [7] Its maximum depth reaches 21 m. [8]
River Basin Management Plans are a requirement of the Water Framework Directive [1] and a means of achieving the protection, improvement and sustainable use of the water environment across Europe. This includes surface freshwaters (including lakes, streams and rivers), groundwater, ecosystems such as some wetlands that depend on groundwater ...
Most of the world’s fake plants are indeed made in China’s Pearl River delta, a global pollution hotspot. Thinking of plants as lives that serve their own purposes opens up a distinct way of ...