Loading AI tools
River in Amazonas, Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ipixuna River (Portuguese: Rio Ipixuna) or Paranápixuna River[2] is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Purus River. The confluence of these two rivers is at Tapauá.
Ipixuna River | |
---|---|
Native name | Rio Ipixuna (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Tapauá, Amazonas |
• coordinates | 5.625987°S 63.192708°W |
Length | 370 kilometres (230 mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Purus River |
The Ipixuna River flows from south to north through the 881,704 hectares (2,178,740 acres) Tapauá State Forest, created in 2009, before joining the Purus river from the right at Tapauá.[3] The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches.[4] It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.