Doce River

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Doce River
Doce River delta at the Atlantic Ocean.
Native name	Rio Doce (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• coordinates	19°39′21″S 39°48′53″W / 19.6558°S 39.8148°W / -19.6558; -39.8148

The Doce River (literally the "sweet river"; Portuguese: Rio Doce [ˈʁiu ˈdos(i)]) is a river in southeast Brazil with a length of 853 kilometres (530 mi). The river basin is economically important. In 2015, the collapse of a dam released highly contaminated water from mining into the river, causing an ecological disaster.