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Urubu River (Amazonas)
River in Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urubu River (Portuguese: Rio Urubu) is a river in Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Amazon River, and it branches to the north (or to the left if facing downstream) near the town of Itacoatiara. It is a blackwater river.
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Urubu River | |
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Native name | Rio Urubu (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Amazonas |
Mouth | |
• location | Silves, Amazonas |
• coordinates | 2.843412°S 58.254823°W / -2.843412; -58.254823 |
Length | 430 kilometres (270 mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• average | 450 m3/s (16,000 cu ft/s) |
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