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Madre de Dios River
Sign in to saveriver in Peru and Bolivia
Key facts
- Country
- Bolivia , Peru
- Location
- Cordillera Vilcanota , Peru
- Coordinates
- 12°53′17.0808″S 71°21′36.1944″W / 12.888078000°S 71.360054000°W / -12.888078000; -71.360054000
- Mouth
- Madeira River
- Elevation
- 105 m (344 ft)
- Length
- 1,347 km (837 mi)
- Basin size
- 281,000 km (108,000 sq mi) to 310,000 km (120,000 mi )
- Average
- (Period: 1985–2013)9,350 m /s (330,000 cu ft/s) (Period: 1973–1990)10,140 m /s (358,000 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 2,970 m /s (105,000 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 17,800 m /s (630,000 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean
- River system
- Amazon
- Left
- Manu , Los Amigos , Las Piedras , Orthon
- Right
- Chivile, Azul, Colorado, Inambari , Tambopata , Heath, Beni
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Bolivia
- Located in
- Vaca Díez Province
- Continent
- South America
- Image
- Rio Madre De Dios Bolivia (109758145).jpeg
- Length
- 1060
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Beni River
- Commons category
- Madre de Dios River
- watershed area
- 110000
- drainage basin
- Amazon basin
- origin of the watercourse
- Cordillera Vilcanota
- discharge
- 4.915
- basin country
- Peru
- different from
- Madre de Dios Department
- native label
- Río Madre de Dios
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Encyclopedic overview
The Madre de Dios River ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ðe ðjos]) is a river shared by Bolivia and Peru which is homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through. On Bolivian territory, it receives the Beni River, close to the town of Riberalta, which later joins with the Mamore River to become the Madeira River after the confluence. The Madeira is a tributary to the Amazon River.
The Madre de Dios is an important waterway for the department of Madre de Dios, particularly Puerto Maldonado, the largest town in the area, and the capital of the department. Mango farming and gold mining are among the many industries on its banks. Other important industries the Madre de Dios provides are selective logging and farming, both of which are serious environmental problems. Along the length of the river, there are several national parks and reserves, notably Tambopata-Candamo National Park, Manu National Park (also known as Manu Biosphere Reserve) and Bahuaja-Sonene National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madre de Dios River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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