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Putumayo River

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Also known as Içá River, Río Putumayo, Rio Içá

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

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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