Tapajós
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The Tapajós (Portuguese: Rio Tapajós [ˈʁi.u tɐpɐˈʒɔs]) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately 2,080 km (1,290 mi) long.[2] It is one of the largest clearwater rivers,[10] accounting for about 6% of the water in the Amazon basin.[11]
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Tapajós River | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Juruena–Teles Pires junction, Brazil |
• coordinates | 7°20′15″S 58°8′35″W |
• elevation | 95 m (312 ft)[1] |
2nd source | Teles Pires |
• location | Serra Azul, Mato Grosso |
• coordinates | 14°52′9.7608″S 54°38′52.8468″W |
• elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft)[1] |
3rd source | Juruena |
• location | Parecis Plateau, Mato Grosso |
• coordinates | 14°43′6.0168″S 59°9′45.7848″W |
• elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft)[1] |
Mouth | Amazon |
• location | Santarém, Pará State, Brazil |
• coordinates | 2°24′30″S 54°44′12″W |
• elevation | 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in)[1] |
Length | 840 km (520 mi)[2] (825 km (513 mi)[1]–843 km (524 mi)[3]) |
Basin size | 494,253.9 km2 (190,832.5 sq mi)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Santarém, Pará State, Brazil (near mouth) |
• average | (Period: 1985–2018)12,800 m3/s (450,000 cu ft/s)[5] (Period: 1973–1990)13,540 m3/s (478,000 cu ft/s)[6] |
• minimum | 2,500 m3/s (88,000 cu ft/s) 4,000 m3/s (140,000 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 28,000 m3/s (990,000 cu ft/s) 30,000 m3/s (1,100,000 cu ft/s) |
Discharge | |
• location | Itaituba (Basin size: 460,101.1 km2 (177,646.0 sq mi)[4] |
• average | (1985–2012)12,259 m3/s (432,900 cu ft/s)[7] |
• maximum | 34,233 m3/s (1,208,900 cu ft/s)[7] |
Discharge | |
• location | São Luiz do Tapajós (420 km upstream of mouth; Basin size: 455,891.2 km2 (176,020.6 sq mi)[4] |
• average | (Period: 1931–2012)12,998.3 m3/s (459,030 cu ft/s)[3] |
• minimum | 3,475 m3/s (122,700 cu ft/s)(1963/10)[3] |
• maximum | 39,277 m3/s (1,387,100 cu ft/s)(1940/03)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Jatobá (Basin size: 387,378 km2 (149,567 sq mi) |
• average | (Period: 1931–2013)10,814.2 m3/s (381,900 cu ft/s)[3] (Period: 1970–1996)10,795 m3/s (381,200 cu ft/s)[8] |
• minimum | 3,430 m3/s (121,000 cu ft/s)(1931/09)[3] |
• maximum | 31,623 m3/s (1,116,800 cu ft/s)(1940/02)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Barra de São Manuel (Basin size: 333,767.7 km2 (128,868.4 sq mi)[4] |
• average | (Period of data: 1970–1996)8,339 m3/s (294,500 cu ft/s)[8] (Period: 1971–2000)8,419.3 m3/s (297,320 cu ft/s)[4] |
• minimum | 2,148 m3/s (75,900 cu ft/s)(Year: 2002)[9] |
• maximum | 22,612 m3/s (798,500 cu ft/s)(Year: 1979)[9] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Amazon → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Amazon |
Tributaries | |
• left | Juruena, Arapiuns |
• right | Teles Pires, Cururu, Das Tropas, Crepori, Jamanxim |
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