Juruena River
The Juruena River (Portuguese: Rio Juruena) is a 1,240 km (770 mi) long river in west-central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso.
| Juruena River | |
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Amazon Basin with the Juruena River highlighted | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Parecis plateau, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| • coordinates | 14°43′6.0168″S 59°9′45.7848″W |
| • elevation | 653 m (2,142 ft) |
| Mouth | Tapajós |
• location | Amazonas–Mato Grosso, Brazil |
• coordinates | 7°20′54.5856″S 58°8′11.9184″W |
• elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Length | 1,240 km (770 mi) |
| Basin size | 191,780.7 km2 (74,046.9 sq mi) to 192,628 km2 (74,374 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Confluence of Teles Pires |
| • average | (Period: 1970-2000)4,458.513 m3/s (157,450.9 cu ft/s) (Period: 1979-2015)4,936.7 m3/s (174,340 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 1,766 m3/s (62,400 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 11,348 m3/s (400,800 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Vermelho, Juína-Mirim, Camararé, Juína, Bararati |
| • right | São Tomé, São João da Barra, Arinos, Sangue, Papagaio |
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