Vargem do Braço River

Vargem do Braço River
Scenery in the community of Vargem do Braço near the river mouth.
Native name	Rio Vargem do Braço
Country	Brazil
Basin features
River mouth	Cubatão River, Morro da Pipa, Santa Catarina 27°42′24″S 48°42′06″W / 27.706613°S 48.701801°W / -27.706613; -48.701801Coordinates: 27°42′24″S 48°42′06″W / 27.706613°S 48.701801°W / -27.706613; -48.701801
River system	Cubatão River

The Vargem do Braço River (Portuguese: Rio Vargem do Braço) is a river of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

The Vargem do Braço River rises in the lushly-forested Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) protected area created in 1975. The Serra do Tabuleiro, with altitudes above 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), is the largest mountain in the east-central portion of the state. The river is the main source of water for the greater Florianópolis metropolitan region. The river seems to have flowed NNW until quite recently, when a major tectonic event forced it to change its course. It now flows ENE to enter the Cubatão River near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean.