Piranhas River
The Piranhas River, also known as the Açu River, is a river of northeastern Brazil. It originates in southeastern Paraíba state, near the border with Ceará, and flows north-northeast through Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte states to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near Macau.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil
- Also known as: “Rio Assú”, “Rio Piranha”, “Rio Piranhas”, and “Rio Piranhas-Açu”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Macau.
Macau
Town
Macau is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. Macau is situated 10 km northeast of Piranhas River.
Piranhas River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast, Brazil, South America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Piranhas River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Piranhas”
- Azerbaijani: “Piranyas çayı”
- Catalan: “Piranhas-Açu”
- Cebuano: “Rio Piranhas”
- Chinese: “皮拉尼亞斯河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پيرانهاس”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Piranjo”
- French: “rio Piranhas”
- French: “Rio Piranhas”
- German: “Fluss Piranhas-Açu”
- Irish: “Abhainn Piranhas”
- Lithuanian: “Piranjasas”
- Portuguese: “Rio Açu”
- Portuguese: “Rio açú”
- Portuguese: “Rio Assu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Piranhas-Açu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Piranhas–Açu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Piranhas”
- Russian: “Асу”
- Russian: “Пираньяс-Асу”
- Russian: “Пираньяс”
- Spanish: “Río Piranhas”
- Swedish: “Rio Piranhas”
- Welsh: “Afon Piranhas”
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Localities in the Area
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