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Putumayo River
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tributary of the Amazon in South America
Key facts
- Countries
- Colombia Brazil Ecuador Peru
- Source
- Andes Mountains
- Location
- East of Pasto , Colombia
- Coordinates
- 1°07′23″N 77°03′22″W / 1.123°N 77.056°W / 1.123; -77.056
- Elevation
- 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
- Mouth
- Amazon River
- Length
- 1,813 km (1,127 mi) to 2,004.6 km (1,245.6 mi)
- Basin size
- 120,545 km (46,543 mi )
- Average
- (Period: 1979–2015)8,519.9 m /s (300,880 cu ft/s) (Period: 1973–1990)8,760 m /s (309,000 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 2,054 m /s (72,500 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 12,522 m /s (442,200 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Amazon → Atlantic Ocean
- River system
- Solimões
- Left
- Juanambu, Caucayá, Penella, Cara Paraná , Igara Paraná , Quebrada Mutún, Pupuña, Alegría, Igarapé Cauíra
- Right
- San Juan, Orito, Guamués , Cohembi, San Miguel , Güeppi, Campuya, Ere, Algodón, Yaguas, Cotuhé , Puretê , Paraná de Jacurapa
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Putumayo River or Içá River (Spanish: Río Putumayo, Portuguese: Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River.
Course
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Putumayo River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations