Japurá River
The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a 2,820 kilometres (1,750 mi) long river in the Amazon basin. It rises in Colombia and flows eastward through Brazil to join the Amazon River.
| Japurá River Caquetá River | |
|---|---|
Map of the Amazon Basin with the Japurá River highlighted | |
| Location | |
| Countries | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Amazon River |
• coordinates | 3°9′56″S 64°46′51″W |
| Length | 2,036 km (1,265 mi) |
| Basin size | 276,812 km2 (106,878 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Confluence of Solimões (Amazon), Brazil |
| • average | (Period: 1979–2015)18,121.6 m3/s (639,960 cu ft/s) |
| 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) |
| • 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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