Feia Lake

Feia Lake spreads across the low coastal plain south of the Paraíba do Sul. In rainy periods its waters expand over the surrounding ground until the coastal bar opens and releases them towards the sea. In 1688 the landowner José de Barcelos Machado cut the Furado channel to drain water from his estates. As sugar cultivation expanded, further channels altered the flow across the Goytacazes lowlands.