The source of the river is situated south of the municipality of Cristiano Otoni, Minas Gerais.

The mouth is at the Três Marias Dam in the municipality of Felixlândia in the same state.

[1] On 25 January 2019, the Brumadinho dam collapsed, resulting in exceedingly high heavy mineral levels, with hundreds of times the nominal levels of copper.

High levels of lead and chromium where also found in the 20 km (12 mi) nearest to the collapse.

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