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Meriti River
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Maciço da Pedra Branca, Rio de Janeiro
Mouth
• location	Guanabara Bay
• coordinates	22°48′17″S 43°16′32″W / 22.80472°S 43.27556°W / -22.80472; -43.27556
Length	25.8 km (16.0 mi)
Basin size	167 km (64 sq mi)

The Meriti is a river in Rio de Janeiro state in south-eastern Brazil.

It separates the municipalities of Duque de Caxias and São João de Meriti (north) from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro (south). Its mouth is at Guanabara Bay.

The name is of Tupi origin and means "water of the buriti" (from mburi'ti ("buriti") and 'y ("water")).

See also

• Maracanã River in Rio de Janeiro city.
• List of rivers in Rio de Janeiro state

References

1. FERREIRA, A. B. H. Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. Segunda edição. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 1986. pp. 294, 1 140
2. "Curso de Tupi Antigo". Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-09-10.

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• Geography of Rio de Janeiro (city)
• Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro
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