Manuais

Manuais lies near the headwaters of the Itapecuru, where the Maranhão uplands carry a cover of cerrado. Streams and marshes gather on the slopes of the Serra do Itapecuru, while the neighbouring Serra da Cruera separates the river's basin from that of the Mearim. Buriti palms line the waterways, and pequi, bacuri and murici trees grow among the twisted trees of the upland savanna.