The Tijuco River (Portuguese, Rio Tijuco) is a river of Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil. Geologically, the Tijuco River basin is inserted in the plateau unit of Central Brazil, in a geotectonic sedimentary basin called Paraná Sedimentary Basin.

It is a tributary of the Paranaíba River, which it joins in the reservoir created by São Simão Dam.

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