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Key facts
- Country
- Bolivia , Brazil
- Location
- La Paz Department , Bolivia
- Mouth
- Madre de Dios River
- Length
- 1,100 km (680 mi)
- Average
- 2,875 m /s (101,500 cu ft/s)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Encuentro de los ríos Mamoré y Beni desde Brasil.jpg
- Length
- 1100
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- Commons category
- Beni River
- watershed area
- 850000
- discharge
- 8.900
- native label
- Río Beni
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The Beni River (Spanish: Río Beni) is a river in the north of Bolivia.
It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast. The Madre de Dios River is where its mouth is at. In the upper portion of its course, it flows through highland forest and rainforest, where the rapids of Cachuela Esperanza interrupt the upstream navigability of the river. The middle river runs through dense rainforest where it is joined by the Madidi River and the Tuichi River which flow through Madidi National Park. The Tuichi River joins the Beni River upstream from the town Rurrenabaque. North of Rurrenabaque, the Beni River runs through the Llanos de Moxos also known as the Beni Savanna, which is named after the river. It empties into the larger Madre de Dios at Riberalta.