Places Patrimony of the Humanity in Brazil North Region

Registered in the List of Patrimonies of the Humanity in the year 2000. One is located in center of the State of Amazon, is one of the most extensive of Brazil and second of the world in continuous humid tropical forests. Created in 1986, and located between the municipalities of I novate Airão, Barcelos and Codajás, to 200 km approximately to the northwest of Manaos, takes to the name of the main river of the park. At present, that ecological paradise is known like a model of Unit of Conservation in Amazon and along with the Reserves of Sustainable Development of Amanã and Mamirauá, it forms the preserved biological running major of the world in the equatorial forest, with more than 5.7 million of you have. The National Park of Jaú has an extension equivalent to 2.272.000 you have. predominating the humid tropical forest, although also we can find forests of igapó, campinaranas, buritizales and capoeiras.

The park preserves the greater black water river basin of the world, the River basin of the Negro River. The dark color of the water has its origin in the great amount of transported organic elements and iron. Its relief enough is diversified and contains navigable areas, plains, hills, marshes, small mainland rivers and bushes. Bathed by the Rivers Black, Jaú, Carabinani, Unini, Pauini and Canauaru, the Park of Jaú also concentrates several cascades of matchless beauty.

At the end of century XIX the park had the greater migratory flow of its history, emigrants of other regions of Brazil attracted by the extraction of the rubber, although luckyly this situation did not represent a threat for the biodiversity of the park. In the middle of itself the XX the opposite effect took place and the great majority of the emigrants who arrived left these earth, at the moment less than the 1,000 people live near 1.5% of the total area of the park.

The developed botanical studies in the park already have catalogued around 400 species of plants. Several of them limit themselves certain atmospheres that are only in the Park of Jaú, as the marsh bushes the park also contains a rich fauna, comparable with several of the Units of Conservation of Amazon.

The park also contains a rich fauna, comparable with several of the Units of Conservation of Amazon, its rich inventory contemplates near 441 species of birds, 320 of fish, 11 of quelonios, 4 of cocodrilazos, 120 of mammals, some little known, and others at the risk of disappearing.

Rest of archaeological findings of ceramics exist and petroglyphs written in stone, this area was inhabited by different indigenous groups.

The climate is very humid, typical of the tropical forests. The rainiest period includes/understands the months of December to April. The temperature annual average is around 24 to 26° C, with a maximum limit of 38 to 40° Cs and one minimum limit of 12 to 16° C.

The ideal period to visit is it between July and November.

Stroll in Boat: to cross the water obstacles of the park in a speedboat is the best form to know and to appreciate the beauties of the region. Along the rivers Jaú, Carabinani and Unini, the visitor can observe flocks of you will plow and papagayos flying over the floresta of marshes. In the most barren part, flowery orchids reflect their delicate lines in dark waters.

Cascade of Igarapés Preto: one is near the entrance of the park, but it is acceded to her enters the months of October January.

Cascade of Jaú: the Cascade of Jaú resembles more the expresses.

Cascade of Carabinani: at the dry time, that reaches its maximum point in the month of November, that set of 12 jumps in the Carabinani River is completely exposed, offering to pleasant baths and spurts.

Beaches of the Negro River: extensive clear sand beaches form in the Negro River, between November and January, near the mouth of the Jaú River. If luck is had, it will be possible to be observed the turtles that raise until beaches to lay eggs.

Paunini river: along this river are several coastal communities.

Unini river: also it has his margins inhabited by the coastal population. The community, that lives on the hunting and fishing of subsistence, of the plantation of cassava and flour manufacture, can be visited.

Seringalzinho: small community of the Jaú River. In that same river, still the communities of Lazaro and Drum can be visited, who sustain themselves of the fishing and the vegetal production.

In the environs:

Ruins of Airão: the ruins of that old left colonial city to the being were boarded by the force of the nature. There are houses with trees in means of the room, plants leaving the walls and much more. The population of Airão emigrated for I novate Airão, that today is the city next to the park.

Archipelago of Mariuá: it is the greater fluvial archipelago of the world counts on 1,266 islands distributed by 140 thousand km ² in the Negro River. At times of dry season, the beaches are completely exposed, allowing good long walks by white sands and pleasant baths in the famous dark water river, are 170 km of the park.

Archipelago of Anavilhanas: another immense fluvial archipelago of the Amazon, is between greatest along with Mariuá, formed by almost 400 islands, in the neighborhoods of I novate Airão. ² includes an area of 3,500 km that extends by 90 km along the river. It also contains hundreds of Lagos, coves, channels, rivers and marshes, predominant in the islands. It is an ecological station, where one only admits investigators authorized.