Rio Cágado
Location
CountryBrazil
stateMinas Gerais
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSerra da Mantiqueira, MG, Brazil
Mouth 
  location
Rio Paraibuna, MG, Brazil
  coordinates
22°1′44″S 43°7′54″W / 22.02889°S 43.13167°W / -22.02889; -43.13167
  elevation
290 m (950 ft)
Length101 km (63 mi)

The Cágado (Turtle) is a river in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is a left bank tributary of the Rio Paraibuna and thus a sub-tributary of the Paraiba do Sul. It is 101 kilometres (63 mi) long and drains an area of 1,082 square kilometres (418 sq mi).

The river rises in the Serra da Mantiqueira in the town of Chácara and passes between Bicas and Juiz de Fora through to Pequeri, Guarará and Mar de Espanha to its mouth on the Rio Paraibuna between the cities of Santana do Deserto and Chiador.


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