Tapauá River
| Tapauá River | |
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 Path of Rio Tapauá [1] | |
| Native name | Rio Tapauá Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 5°46′42″S 64°23′58″W / 5.778300°S 64.399372°W |
| Length | 640 kilometres (400 mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Purus River |
The Tapauá River (Portuguese: Rio Tapauá) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Purus River.
The river flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
- ^ Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28