Rio Novo

Rio Novo National Park, located in the state of Pará in the eastern Amazon, protects approximately 537,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest, savanna (cerrado), and transitional vegetation in the Iriri River basin, a major tributary of the Xingu. Created in 2006, the park lies within the broader Xingu basin conservation mosaic and is adjacent to indigenous territories. Its name refers to the Rio Novo (New River), a tributary of the Iriri that flows through the park. The park protects a transition zone between dense Amazon forest and cerrado savanna, harboring species from both biomes and making it biogeographically distinctive.