Alalaú River
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Alalaú River | |
|---|---|
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Amazonas, Roraima states |
| Mouth | |
• location | Jauaperi River |
• coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Jauaperi River |
Alalaú River is a river forming part of the border between the Amazonas and Roraima states in north-western Brazil, a tributary of the Jauaperi River.
The river basin is in the 2,585,910 hectares (6,389,900 acres) Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory.[1] Tailings of processed tin ore from the Pitinga mine are held in holding ponds as a reserve that may be further processed if justified by a rise in the price of tin. In 1987 the dykes of four ponds broke. The sediment was released into the Alalaú River, and the pollution affected the fish downstream in the Waimiri-Atroari Indian Reserve.[2] The Indians reported that the polluted water had made them ill.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Contemporary Waimiri Atroari society – ISA.
- ^ Hall & Goodman 1990, p. 210.
- ^ Treece 1987, p. 93.
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
