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The Tapajós ((ポルトガル語:Rio Tapajós) (:ˈʁi.u tɐpɐˈʒɔs)) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long.〔 For most of its length it runs through Pará State, but the upper (southern) part forms the border between Pará and Amazonas State. The source is at the Juruena–Teles Pires river junction.〔 The Tapajós River basin accounts for 6% of the water in the Amazon Basin, making it the fifth largest in the system.〔Hales, J., and P. Petry (2013). ''(Tapajos - Juruena )''. Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Retrieved 16 February 2013.〕 From the lower Arinos River (a tributary of Juruena) to the Maranhão Grande falls are a more or less continuous series of formidable cataracts and rapids; but from the Maranhão Grande to the mouth of Tapajós, about , the river can be navigated by large vessels. For its last it is between wide and much of it very deep. The valley of the Tapajós is bordered on both sides by bluffs. They are from high along the lower river; but a few miles above Santarém, they retire from the eastern side and do not approach the Amazon floodplain until some miles below Santarém. The eastern border of Amazônia National Park is formed by the Tapajós River. From Itaituba and southwest a part of the Trans-Amazonian highway (BR-230) follows the river, while a part of BR-163 runs parallel to the river from Santarém and south. The South American pole of inaccessibility is located close to the sources of Tapajós's tributaries, near town Utiariti The Tapajós is named after the Tapajós Indians, a tribe of Native Americans from Santarém. The Tapajós is one of three major clearwater rivers in the Amazon Basin (the others are Xingu and Tocantins; the latter arguably outside the Amazon).〔Duncan, W.P.; and Fernandes, M.N. (2010). ''Physicochemical characterization of the white, black, and clearwater rivers of the Amazon Basin and its implications on the distribution of freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes, Potamotrygonidae).'' PanamJAS 5(3): 454-464.〕〔Giovanetti, T.A.; and Vriends, M.M. (1991). ''Discus Fish'', p. 15. Barron's Educational Serie. ISBN 0-8120-4669-2〕 Clearwater rivers share the low conductivity and relatively low levels of dissolved solids with blackwater rivers, but differ from these in having water that at most only is somewhat acidic (typical pH ~6.5)〔 and very clear with a greenish colour.〔 About 325 fish species are known from the Tapajós River basin, including 65 endemics.〔The Great Rivers Partnership: ''(Tapajós River Basin ).'' Retrieved 16 February 2013.〕 Many of these have only been discovered within the last decade, and a conservative estimate suggests more than 500 fish species eventually will be recognized in the river basin.〔 Some of these may be threatened by the many dams that are planned on the river.〔 ==In popular culture== The river is the sixth title of the album ''Aguas da Amazonia''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tapajós」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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