Itaúnas River
river in Espírito Santo, Brazil
The Itaúnas River (Portuguese: Itaúnas) is a river of Espírito Santo state in eastern Brazil.
The 3,481 hectares (8,600 acres) Itaúnas State Park, created in 1991, is named after the Itaúnas River, which runs through the park for 34 kilometres (21 mi).
The river approaches the coast at the settlement of Itaúnas and then runs southwest, parallel to the coast behind a sand bar, before entering the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Conceição da Barra.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Itaúnas River” is river in Espírito Santo, Brazil. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Itaúnas, River and river, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6094197. Authority coordinates are -18.535, -39.732. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991.
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This entry incorporates text from “Itaúnas River” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.