Japurá River
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The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a 2,820 kilometres (1,750 mi) long river in the Amazon basin. It rises in Colombia[5] and flows eastward through Brazil to join the Amazon River.
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Japurá River Caquetá River | |
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Location | |
Countries | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Amazon River |
• coordinates | 3°9′56″S 64°46′51″W |
Length | 2,036 km (1,265 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 276,812 km2 (106,878 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Confluence of Solimões (Amazon), Brazil |
• average | (Period: 1979–2015)18,121.6 m3/s (639,960 cu ft/s)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Vila Bittencourt, Amazonas State (736 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 199,090 km2 (76,870 sq mi) |
• average | 13,758 m3/s (485,900 cu ft/s) |
• minimum | 2,000 m3/s (71,000 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 33,400 m3/s (1,180,000 cu ft/s) |
Discharge | |
• location | La Pedrera, Colombia (Basin size: 144,098 km2 (55,637 sq mi) |
• average | 9,937 m3/s (350,900 cu ft/s) (Period: 1991–2020)10,273 m3/s (362,800 cu ft/s)[4] |
• minimum | 1,800 m3/s (64,000 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 19,800 m3/s (700,000 cu ft/s) |
Discharge | |
• location | Guaquira, Colombia (Basin size: 53,636 km2 (20,709 sq mi) |
• average | 3,717 m3/s (131,300 cu ft/s) |
• minimum | 790 m3/s (28,000 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 7,900 m3/s (280,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Apaporis, Yarí, Caguán, Orteguaza |
• right | Auati-Paraná, Mapari, Jupari, Purui, Miriti-Paraná, Cahuinari |
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