Guaporé River

Also known as Guapore River

river of Brazil & Bolivia

Key facts

Countries: Bolivia Brazil
Source: Parecis plateau
Location: Mato Grosso , Brazil
Coordinates: 14°35′58″S 58°57′11″W / 14.59944°S 58.95306°W / -14.59944; -58.95306
Elevation: 631 m (2,070 ft)
Mouth: Mamoré River
Length: 1,260 km (780 mi)
Basin size: 354,279.3 km (136,788.0 mi )
Average: 2,738.1 m /s (96,700 cu ft/s)
Minimum: 370 m /s (13,000 cu ft/s)
Maximum: 5,200 m /s (180,000 cu ft/s)
Progression: Mamoré → Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean

Article

Guaporé River (Portuguese: Rio Guaporé, Spanish: Río Iténez) is a river in western Brazil and northeastern Bolivia. It is 1,260 km (780 mi) long; 920 km (570 mi) of the river forms the border between Brazil and Bolivia.

The Guaporé is part of the Madeira River basin, which eventually empties into the Amazon River. The Guaporé crosses the eastern part of the Beni savanna region. It forms the border of the 615,771 hectares (1,521,600 acres) Guaporé Biological Reserve, and is fed by rivers originating in the reserve, the São Miguel, Branco, São Simão, Massaco and Colorado.