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Except for about 2% of more open forest, the whole park consists of dense humid tropical forest. The larger trees reach a height of about 50 m (160 ft), and the light filtering through the canopy is sufficient to produce a biodiverse understorey of vines, lichens, mosses and orchids. Many
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and carries little sediment. The river acts as a barrier so that some of the animals and plants on one bank are not found on the other. The first base in the park is about 53 km (33 mi) from
Itaituba, and there is some illegal cutting of timber and gold mining in the eastern parts closest
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runs from east to west through the park but does not really live up to its name. The road is paved as far as
Itaituba but other parts are unpaved earth roads topped with gravel that deteriorate during the rainy season, November to April, and need much repair work each May and June. The park can be
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The Amazônia
National Park was created by federal decree 73.683 of 19 February 1974. Its limits were altered by decree on 18 January 1985. The management plan was published on 31 December 1988, but was not made official at that time. The consultative council was created on 26 November 2004. The
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The park lies on either side of the Tapajós River. The habitat is dense lowland rain forest and there are areas of white-sand grasslands beside the upper reaches of the Tapajós. This river rises in the
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habitat and contains a wide range of animals and plants. The specific objectives of the park are the preservation of various
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are endangered. There are also large numbers of reptiles, fish and other aquatic creatures.
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would link the park to other protected areas and indigenous territories in the region.
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of the mammals in the park are nocturnal, and some such as the
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490:(in Portuguese), Sociedade Civil Mamirauá, archived from
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The park can be reached from the city of
Itaituba. The
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Instituto Chico Mendes de
Conservação da Biodiversidade
510:"From Nothing to Nowhere: The Transamazonian Highway"
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578:Central Amazonia in Brazil and parts of Bolivia
564:(in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental
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177:Parque Nacional da Amazônia
24:Parque Nacional da Amazônia
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599:, Hunter Publishing, Inc,
972:Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba
469:, Encyclopædia Britannica
278:national forests and the
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1095:National parks of Brazil
645:National parks of Brazil
463:"Amazonia National Park"
243:Pau-Rosa National Forest
207:, about halfway between
1100:Protected areas of Pará
593:Waggoner, John (2014),
467:Encyclopædia Britannica
410:Parna da Amazônia – ISA
383:FLONA de Pau-Rosa – ISA
359:Parna da Amazônia – ISA
1069:Pantanal Matogrossense
714:Nascentes do Lago Jari
424:, Juridical Documents.
412:, Juridical Documents.
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169:Amazônia National Park
19:Amazônia National Park
1059:Chapada dos Guimarães
967:Grande Sertão Veredas
957:Chapada dos Veadeiros
754:Tumucumaque Mountains
596:The Amazon of Brazil
514:New Internationalist
266:national parks, the
116:4.43944°S 56.84028°W
1038:Lençóis Maranhenses
1028:Jurubatiba Sandbank
1013:Fernando de Noronha
947:Cavernas do Peruaçu
911:Serra das Confusões
835:Saint-Hilaire/Lange
544:"Parna da Amazônia"
158:Governing body
121:-4.43944; -56.84028
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684:Campos Amazônicos
606:978-1-58843-793-8
529:FLONA de Pau-Rosa
395:Ayres et al. 2005
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297:Amazonian manatee
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840:São Joaquim
775:Alto Cariri
679:Cabo Orange
669:Anavilhanas
293:giant otter
272:Itaituba II
234:Precambrian
150:Established
140:Designation
119: /
95:Coordinates
1084:Categories
906:Furna Feia
830:Pau Brasil
785:Araucárias
704:Mapinguari
568:2016-06-03
550:11 October
536:2016-10-29
501:2016-10-28
328:References
268:Itaituba I
264:Mapinguari
221:ecosystems
217:biodiverse
173:Portuguese
107:56°50′25″W
1043:Superagüi
810:Guaricana
585:9 October
519:9 October
473:9 October
227:Geography
104:4°26′22″S
1052:Pantanal
1008:Abrolhos
942:Brasília
926:Catimbau
894:Caatinga
820:Itatiaia
790:Boa Nova
729:Rio Novo
689:Jamanxim
674:Araguaia
664:Amazônia
185:Itaituba
81:Location
935:Cerrado
921:Ubajara
800:Caparaó
699:Juruena
455:Sources
448:, PT78.
276:Crepori
253:History
189:Trairão
885:Tijuca
815:Iguaçu
652:Amazon
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209:Manaus
201:Brazil
89:Brazil
759:Viruá
659:Acari
581:, WWF
495:(PDF)
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213:Belém
962:Emas
601:ISBN
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299:and
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