Grupiara

Geography

The municipality is located in the region of the Alto Paranaíba, on the edge of the Emborcação Reservoir, which dams up the Paranaíba River. More than half of the municipal territory is covered by water seriously limiting agricultural production. The elevation of the town center is 713 meters. Highway connections are made by local road to MG-223, which connects to BR-050 north of Araguari. Neighboring municipalities are: Catalão (N), Douradoquara (E) Monte Carmelo and Estrela do Sul(S), and Catalão (W). *Monte Carmelo: 65 km *Araguari: 100 km *Uberlândia: 130 km *Belo Horizonte: 553 km Until the 1990s Grupiara was on the railroad line of the RFFSA and had its own station. With the flooding to make the Emborcação Reservoir in the 1990s the line was discontinued and moved further east to Araguari. The railroad station is now under water.

Most-observed species

• Tityus bahiensis (Perty, 1833)

  Tityus bahiensis (Perty, 1833) · Arachnida
  2
• Burnished-buff Tanager

  Stilpnia cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1
• Narrow Stingless Bee

  Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille, 1811) · Insecta
  1
• western honey bee

  Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  1
• Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly

  Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) · Insecta
  1
• Mexican Fritillary

  Euptoieta hegesia (Cramer, 1779) · Insecta
  1
• Cuyaba Dwarf Frog

  Physalaemus nattereri (Steindachner, 1863) · Amphibia
  1
• Brazilian False Coral Snake

  Oxyrhopus trigeminus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 · Squamata
  1