Xingu Indigenous Park Xingu Indigenous Park The Xingu Indigenous Park (, pronounced ) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a national park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Its official purposes are to protect the environment and the several tribes of Xingu indigenous peoples in the area. The Xingu Indigenous Park is in the north east of the state of Mato Grosso, in the south of the Amazon biome. It covers , with savannah and drier semi-deciduous forests in the south transitioning to Amazon rain forest in the north. There is a rainy season from November to
South Fork American River Creek, and Silver Fork American River. Most of the watershed consists of high, forested mountains and steep-sided valleys that receive up to of annual precipitation, except for the westernmost section which consists of drier foothill country. The river also contributes about a third of the total outflow of the American River system. According to a U.S. Geological Survey stream gage at Lotus, about above Folsom Lake, the average discharge was from 1951 to 1995. The highest recorded flow was on January 1, 1997 (see ), and the lowest monthly mean was in July 1977. Rafting and Kayaking The South Fork