Canastra

Canastra lies in the cerrado near the Piaus and Escuro rivers, south of the great floodplains of the Araguaia. These waters belong to the Formoso basin, which drains northwards into the Javaés. The Javaés is a branch of the Araguaia around Bananal Island, where savanna and Amazonian vegetation meet along the rivers and seasonally flooded ground.