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Water resources management is a key element of Brazil's strategy to promote sustainable growth and a more equitable and inclusive society. Brazil's achievements over the past 70 years have been closely linked to the development of hydraulic infrastructure for hydroelectric power generation and just recently to the development of irrigation infrastructure, especially in the Northeast region.
The main stakeholders in water management in MRSP are the state government, the state water and sanitation utility Sabesp and 35 municipal governments. A basin committee for the Alto Tietê basin, which supplies the other half of the water for the MRSP, brings together all stakeholders. The legal framework at the state level is based on two key ...
The Doce River Basin (Portuguese: Bacia do rio Doce) is located in the southeastern region of Brazil. According to the Doce River Basin Committee (CBH-Doce), it belongs to the Southeast Atlantic hydrographic region, has a drainage area of 86,175 square kilometers and covers all or part of 229 municipalities. 86% of the basin's area belongs to the state of Minas Gerais, in the Doce River Valley ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Drainage basins of Brazil" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Doce River Basin ...
The river near Sete Barras. There are proposals to build four hydroelectric dams on the river, but these are opposed by the residents. [3] At the end of the 1980s the Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) was authorized to use the river to produce electricity for its plant through building the Tijuco Alto Dam between the cities of Adrianópolis, Paraná and Ribeira, São Paulo.
List of rivers in the Federal District of Brazil. The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. By Drainage Basin
Das Rãs River; Ratones River; Real River (Brazil) Regame River; Reis Magos River; Represa Grande River; Riachão River (Bahia) Riacho River (Espírito Santo) Ribeira de Iguape River; Ribeira River (Paraíba) Ribeira River (Paraná) Ribeirão River (Araraduara River) Rio de Janeiro (Bahia) Riozinho River (Amazonas) Riozinho River (Braço Menor ...
The Campos Basin is one of 12 coastal sedimentary basins of Brazil. It spans both onshore and offshore parts of the South Atlantic with the onshore part located near Rio de Janeiro . The basin originated in Neocomian stage of the Cretaceous period 145–130 million years ago during the breakup of Gondwana .