Cachoeira Dourada near Itumbiara is one of the most important hydroelectric power stations in Brazil, providing energy to Goiânia and Brasília.

The Paranaíba is navigable only in the artificial lake of Ilha Solteira with an extension of 180 km as far as the dam of São Simão.

In addition to the erosion of its banks caused by sand extraction and cutting down of the original forest growth, practically 100% of the towns that form its basin dump their sewage "in natura", including the capital of Goiânia, which dumps 95% of its sewage, untreated, directly into the Meia Ponte river, which then flows into the Paranaíba.

At the union there is a bridge that is also a border point between three states: São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul.

The Paranaíba river is famous for the rich diamond deposits of her tributaries and her huge hydroelectric potential.

In any case it would be very interesting to have navigability into the central region of Brazil, including into the federal capital Brazilia.

It was a narrow gorge cut into the basalt, with 23 kilometers length and 35 meters depth, situated on the boundary of the states of Minas and Goiás.

The waters of the river, after dividing into two parallel arms, returned to a common bed, forming a corridor of waterfalls.