Saco River (Paracauari)

The Saco River (Rio Saco) is a river in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Paracauari River.

Location
The Saco river is on Marajó island in Pará state, and is contained within the Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area. It is a left tributary of the Paracauari River, which enters the Atlantic at Soure, Pará. The mangroves of the left (east) bank of the Saco are protected by the Soure Marine Extractive Reserve. This covers 27464 ha of typical mangroves forest and tidal waters. The riverine Manguezal do Rio do Saco section has an area of about 3534 ha. The climate is equatorial Amazon.