title: Alpercatas River
text: # Alpercatas River
  
  The Alpercatas River is a river of Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Itapecuru River.
  
  Some of the headwaters of the river are protected by the 437,000 hectares (1,080,000 acres) Mirador State Park, created in 1980.
  
  