Águas Mornas

27°41′38″S 48°49′26″W / 27.69389°S 48.82389°W / -27.69389; -48.82389Country BrazilRegionSouthState Santa CatarinaFoundedDecember 29, 1961Government • MayorElmar Antônio Thiesen (PFL)Area • Total360.757 km² (139.289 sq mi)Elevation70 m (230 ft)Population • Total6,559 • Density12.4/km² (32/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)HDI (2000)0.783Websitewww.aguasmornas.sc.gov.br

Águas Mornas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina.

The municipality contains part of the Rio das Lontras Private Natural Heritage Reserve, a fully protected area of montane rainforest in the Atlantic Forest biome.^[2] It also contains part of the 84,130 hectares (207,900 acres) Serra do Tabuleiro State Park, a protected area created in 1975. The lushly-forested park protects the sources of the Vargem do Braço, Cubatão and D'Una rivers, which supply most of the drinking water for greater Florianópolis and the south coast region.^[3]

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