The Paru River is a northern tributary of the lower Amazon in Pará state in north-central Brazil.

The river flows through the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion.

[2] Part of the river's basin is in the Maicuru Biological Reserve.

[3] The seventh track of the album Aguas da Amazonia is named after the river.

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