Jacuí River
| Jacuí River | |
|---|---|
The Jacuí River near Porto Alegre | |
Jacuí River watershed (Interactive map) | |
| Native name | Rio Jacuí (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Rio Grande do Sul state |
| • elevation | 720 m (2,360 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lago Guíaba at Porto Alegre, Brazil |
• coordinates | 30.03, -51.25 |
| Length | 723 km (449 mi) |
| Basin size | 71,807.9 km2 (27,725.2 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Porto Alegre (near mouth) |
| • average | (Period: 1970-2000) 2,086.5 m3/s (73,680 cu ft/s) |
The Jacuí River (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒakuˈi]) is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil. The Jacuí empties into the Guaíba River, an estuarine arm of the Lagoa dos Patos, a large coastal lagoon connected to the Atlantic Ocean.