Curuçá River (Javari River tributary)

Curuçá River is a river of Amazonas state in northwestern Brazil. It flows entirely within the municipality of Atalaia do Norte. Curuçá is a left tributary of the Javary River.

1930 Curuçá River event
On August 13, 1930, the area near latitude 5° S and longitude 71.5° W experienced a meteoric air burst, also known as the Brazilian Tunguska event. The mass of the meteorite was estimated at between 1000 and 25000 short ton, with an energy release estimated between 0.1 and 5 megatons, significantly smaller than the Tunguska Event.