Culuene River

The Culuene River, or Kuluene River is a 600 km tributary of Xingu River in Mato Grosso, a state in western Brazil. The main economic activities in the region are agriculture and cattle farming.^{[citation needed]}

Culuene River
Mouth location in Brazil
Native name	Rio Culuene (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Mato Grosso state
Mouth
• coordinates	12°55′33″S 52°49′39″W / 12.925852°S 52.827521°W / -12.925852; -52.827521
Length	600^[1]
Basin features
River system	Xingu River

It joins the Xingu from the southeast in the Xingu Indigenous Park. The Culuene Biological Reserve is south of the park in the municipality of Paranatinga, Mato Grosso.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Mato Grosso

References

1. Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. from the original on 21 October 2013.
2. REBIO do Culuene (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-02-22