Guaporé River

Coordinates: 11°53′15″S 65°1′53″W / 11.88750°S 65.03139°W / -11.88750; -65.03139
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Guaporé River
Iténez River
Parecis plateau
 • locationMato Grosso, Brazil
 • coordinates14°35′58″S 58°57′11″W / 14.59944°S 58.95306°W / -14.59944; -58.95306
 • elevation631 m (2,070 ft)
MouthMamoré River
 • location
Brazil/Bolivia
 • coordinates
11°53′15″S 65°1′53″W / 11.88750°S 65.03139°W / -11.88750; -65.03139
 • elevation
131 m (430 ft)
Length1,260 km (780 mi)[1]
Basin size341,000 km2 (132,000 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average(1985–2013)2,430 m3/s (86,000 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
Progression
Cabixi

Guaporé River (

border between Brazil and Bolivia
.

The Guaporé is part of the

Beni savanna region.[3]
It forms the border of the 615,771 hectares (1,521,600 acres) Guaporé Biological Reserve, and is fed by rivers originating in the reserve, the São Miguel, Branco, São Simão, Massaco and Colorado.[4]

About 260 fish species are known from the Guaporé River basin, and about 25 of these are

golden dorado (important in fisheries).[7][8]

See also

References

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  3. ^ Robin Sears and Robert Langstroth. "Central South America: Northern Bolivia". Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas and Shrublands. WWF. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Guaporé (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-26
  5. ^ Hales, J., and P. Petry (2013). Guapore - Itenez. Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Retrieved 28 February 2013
  6. ^ Ohara, W.M.; and F.C.T. Lima (2015). Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 26(2): 159-170.
  7. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Hyphessobrycon megalopterus" in FishBase. May 2013 version.
  8. ^ Ziegler, M.F. (29 April 2013). Estudo descobre 78 novas espécies de peixes no Rio Madeira. Archived 2018-03-07 at the Wayback Machine Ultimosegundo.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.