Linhares

History

The area today known as Linhares was once inhabited by the Botocudo. The town, founded by Europeans on August 22, 1800, was destroyed by the Indians during a war in 1809. The area was visited by Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II in 1860. An island he set foot on is still known as the Emperor's Island. Linhares became a municipality in 1945, when it was detached from the municipality of Colatina.

Geography

Linhares is characterized by undulating lowlands and numerous lakes. The town sits on the Doce River amidst its 69 lakes. The climate is hot, tropical, and humid, typically with a dry winter season and a more humid summer. The main freshwater lagoons in the region are: Japaranã-Mirim, Palmas, Durão, Palminhas, Aguiá, Monsarás, Limão, Feia, Combóios, Piabanha, Óleo, Pau Grosso, Terra Alta and Patrão. The Juparanã Lagoon (freshwater) is also the second largest in water volume in the country. There is an official nudist beach called Barra Seca 60 km to the east of Linhares. The municipality contains part of the Comboios Biological Reserve, a fully protected area. It also contains part of the Sooretama Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1982 when two earlier units were merged. It contains the Goytacazes National Forest, created in 2002.

Most-observed species

• Planktolyngbya limnetica (Lemmerm.) Komárk.-Legn. & Cronberg

  Planktolyngbya limnetica (Lemmerm.) Komárk.-Legn. & Cronberg · Cyanobacteriia
  1,153
• Aphanocapsa delicatissima W.West & G.S.West

  Aphanocapsa delicatissima W.West & G.S.West · Cyanobacteriia
  860
• Synechocystis aquatilis Sauv.

  Synechocystis aquatilis Sauv. · Cyanobacteriia
  809
• Monoraphidium contortum (Thur.) Komárk.-Legn.

  Monoraphidium contortum (Thur.) Komárk.-Legn. · Chlorophyceae
  775
• Cylindro

  Raphidiopsis raciborskii (Wołoszyńska, 1912) Aguilera et al., 2018 · Cyanobacteriia
  755
• Ankistrodesmus spec Korshikov

  Ankistrodesmus spec Korshikov · Chlorophyceae
  753
• Epigloeosphaera brasilica M.T.P.Azevedo et al.

  Epigloeosphaera brasilica M.T.P.Azevedo et al. · Bacteria
  615
• Rhizosolenia eriensis Lavander, 1904

  Rhizosolenia eriensis Lavander, 1904 · Bacillariophyceae
  555