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Vaupés River

Coordinates: 0°02′03″N 67°16′50″W / 0.0341833°N 67.2806°W / 0.0341833; -67.2806
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Vaupés River
Uaupés River
Vaupés (Uaupés) is in the upper left section
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationGuaviare Department, Colombia
 • coordinates2°9′1″N 72°57′13″W / 2.15028°N 72.95361°W / 2.15028; -72.95361 (approximately)
 • elevation360 m (1,180 ft)
MouthRio Negro
 • coordinates
0°02′3.06″N 67°16′50.16″W / 0.0341833°N 67.2806000°W / 0.0341833; -67.2806000
 • elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Length1,050 km (650 mi)[1]
Basin size64,370.4 km2 (24,853.6 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationAmazonas, Brazil (near mouth)
 • average4,344.9 m3/s (153,440 cu ft/s)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationTaracuá, Amazonas
 • average2,757.3 m3/s (97,370 cu ft/s)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationUaracu, Amazonas
 • average2,452.7 m3/s (86,620 cu ft/s)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationMitú, Vaupés, Colombia
 • average1,232.4 m3/s (43,520 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightPapuri, Tiquié

Vaupés River (Uaupés River) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. It rises in the Guaviare Department of Colombia, flowing east through Guaviare and Vaupés Departments. It forms part of the international border between the Vaupés department of Colombia and the Amazonas state of Brazil. On the border it merges with the Papurí River and becomes known as the Uaupés. In 1847 an explorer saw a rapid which hurled its waves 12 or 15 metres (40 or 50 ft) in the air, "as if great subaqueous explosions were taking place."[3] The river continues eastwards through the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory until it flows into the Rio Negro at São Joaquim, Amazonas.[4] Vaupés is a blackwater river.

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References

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  1. ^ 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 8 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Rivers Network".
  3. ^ Discoveries and Explorations, Charles G.D. Roberts, 1905, p.224
  4. ^ "Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro", Terras Indígenas no Brasil (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-03-04
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0°02′03″N 67°16′50″W / 0.0341833°N 67.2806°W / 0.0341833; -67.2806