Xingu River Xingu River The Xingu River (, , ) is a river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water. The first Indigenous Park in Brazil was created in the river basin by the Brazilian government in the early 1960s. This park marks the first indigenous territory recognized by the Brazilian government and it was the world's largest indigenous preserve on the date of its creation. Currently, fourteen tribes live within Xingu Indigenous Park, surviving on natural resources and
Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests its valuable trees, and many native fauna and flora have become locally extinct. Large-scale mining near Marabá and elsewhere have directly affected the environment, and demand large quantities of wood to run the smelters. During the period from 2004 to 2011 the ecoregion experienced an annual rate of habitat loss of 0.94%. Global warming will force tropical species to migrate uphill to find areas with suitable temperature and rainfall. Low, flat, deforested ecoregions such as the Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests are extremely vulnerable. Conservation units include the Tapirapé Biological Reserve and Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest. Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests The Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests