ITAPICURU RIVER

river, Maranho estado (state), northeastern Brazil. The river rises in several headstreams in the Itapicuru mountain range. It arches northeastward to Caxias and thence northwestward, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean through So Jos Bay, southeast of So Lus Island. The river's total length is approximately 750 miles (1,200 km), of which about 400 miles (640 km) are navigable.