Madre de Dios River
Madre de Dios River | |
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Amazon Basin with the Madre de Dios River highlighted | |
Location | |
Country | Bolivia, Peru |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Cordillera Vilcanota, Peru |
• coordinates | 12°53′17.0808″S 71°21′36.1944″W / 12.888078000°S 71.360054000°W |
Mouth | Madeira River |
• location | Villa Bella, Beni, Bolivia |
• coordinates | 10°22′53.1156″S 65°23′28.9968″W / 10.381421000°S 65.391388000°W |
• elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
Length | 1,347 km (837 mi) |
Basin size | 281,000 km2 (108,000 sq mi)[1] to 310,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near mouth |
• average | (Period: 1985–2013)9,350 m3/s (330,000 cu ft/s)[1] (Period: 1973–1990)10,140 m3/s (358,000 cu ft/s)[2] |
• minimum | 2,970 m3/s (105,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
• maximum | 17,800 m3/s (630,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Miraflores–El Sena |
• average | (Period: 1985–2013)5,800 m3/s (200,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
• minimum | 2,250 m3/s (79,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
• maximum | 10,300 m3/s (360,000 cu ft/s)[1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Amazon |
Tributaries | |
• left | Manu, Los Amigos, Las Piedras, Orthon |
• right | Chivile, Azul, Colorado, Inambari, Tambopata, Heath, Beni |
The Madre de Dios River (Spanish pronunciation: Mamore River to become the Madeira River after the confluence. The Madeira is a tributary to the Amazon River.
The Madre de Dios is an important waterway for the department of
Biosphere Reserve) and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park
.
Hydrography
The Madre de Dios serves as the largest watershed in the area, as part of the vast Amazon River watershed. The river's main tributaries include on the right: Chivile, Azul, Blanco, Inambari, Tambopata and Colorado rivers and from the left: Los Amigos, Manu, and Las Piedras.[3]
References
- ^ S2CID 133578964.
- ^ ISBN 2-7011-1532-9.
- ^ Evaluacion Ambiental Territorial en la Zona Aurifera de Madre de Dios Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, 4. Climatología E Hidrologia Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine {es} Ministry of Energy and Mines, Peruvian Government, December 1997.