Pará

Pará, the name which the river Tocantins (q.v.) receives in its lower course, from Cameté downwards (138 miles). It is 20 miles broad opposite the city of Pará, and 40 miles broad at its mouth. The Paranan, an arm of the Amazon, which cuts off Marajó Island from the mainland, pours into it part of the waters of the great river.