{{Infobox river | name = Rio dos Sinos | name_native = | name_other = | etymology = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = Rio dos Sinos by Herrmann Wendroth, {{Circa|1852}} | image_alt = | map = | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_map_caption = <!---------------------- BASIN --> | river_system = | progression = | source1_location = Rio Grande do Sul state | source1_coordinates = | source1_elevation = {{convert|695|m|abbr=on}} | mouth_location = Canoas | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-29.934444|-51.235833|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|5|m|abbr=on}} | altitude_difference = | basin_size = {{convert|3820|km2|abbr=on}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Brazil | basin_cities = <!---------------------- PHYSIOGNOMY --> | length = {{convert|190|km|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- FEATURES --> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = }} '''Rio dos Sinos''' is a river in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. It rises in the hills east of Caraá ({{convert|130|km}} away from Porto Alegre) at elevations above {{convert|600|m}} and covers a distance of about {{convert|190|km}}, flowing into the delta Jacuí in Canoas, at an elevation of only {{convert|5|m}}.

The river basin contains the São Francisco de Paula National Forest, a {{convert|1616|ha|adj=on}} sustainable use conservation area created in 1968.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=Portuguese |title=Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de São Francisco de Paula|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=133|accessdate=2016-05-31}}</ref>

==See also== *List of rivers of Rio Grande do Sul

==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://www.gifex.com/imapa/americas/md_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_brazil.pdf Brazilian Ministry of Transport]

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