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Juruena River
River in Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Juruena River | |
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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)[1] |
Basin size | 191,780.7 km2 (74,046.9 sq mi)[2] to 192,628 km2 (74,374 sq mi)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Confluence of Teles Pires |
• average | (Period: 1970-2000)4,458.513 m3/s (157,450.9 cu ft/s)[2] (Period: 1979-2015)4,936.7 m3/s (174,340 cu ft/s)[3] |
• minimum | 1,766 m3/s (62,400 cu ft/s)[4] |
• maximum | 11,348 m3/s (400,800 cu ft/s)[4] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Vermelho, Juína-Mirim, Camararé, Juína, Bararati |
• right | São Tomé, São João da Barra, Arinos, Sangue, Papagaio |
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