Mamoré River Explained

Mamoré River
Map:Mamorerivermap.png
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Size:300
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Brazil, Bolivia
Length:[1]
Discharge1 Location:Near mouth
Discharge1 Avg:(Period: 1985–2013)[2] (Period: 1971–2000)[3]
Discharge2 Location:Guayaramerín (Basin size:
Discharge2 Min:(Period: 1985–2013)[4]
Discharge2 Avg:(Period: 1985–2013)[5] (Period: 1971–2000)[6]
Discharge2 Max:(Period: 1985–2013)[7]
Discharge3 Location:Puerto Siles (Basin size:
Discharge3 Min:(Period: 1985–2013)[8]
Discharge3 Avg:(Period: 1985–2013)[9]
Discharge3 Max:(Period: 1985–2013)[10]
Discharge4 Location:Camiaco (Basin size:
Discharge4 Min:(Period: 1985–2013) [11]
Discharge4 Avg:(Period: 1985–2013)[12]
Discharge4 Max:(Period: 1985–2013)[13]
Source1:Sierra de Cochabamba
Source1 Location:Pojo, Bolivia
Mouth:Madeira River
Mouth Location:near Vila Murtinho, Brazil/Bolivia border
Progression:Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean
River System:Amazon
Basin Size:[14]
Tributaries Right:Rio Grande, Ibare, Guaporé, Pacaás Novo

The Mamoré is a large river in Brazil and Bolivia which unites with the Madre de Dios River to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is known as the Chimoré down to its junction with the Chapare. Its larger tributaries are the Chapare, Secure, Apere, and Yacuma from the west, and the Ichilo, Guapay, Ivari, Manique and Guapore from the east. Taking into account its length only, the Guapay should be considered the upper part of the Mamore; but it is shallow and obstructed, and carries a much smaller volume of water. The Guapore also rivals the Mamore in length and volume, having its source in the Parecis plateau, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a few miles from streams flowing north-ward to the Tapajos and Amazon, and southward to the Paraguay and Paraná rivers. The Mamore is interrupted by rapids a few miles above its junction with the Beni, but a railway 300 km long has been undertaken from below the rapids of the Madeira. Above the rapids the river is navigable to Chimore, at the foot of the sierra, and most of its tributaries are navigable for long distances. In 1874, Franz Keller gave the outflow of the Mamoré at mean water level, and not including the Guapore, as 41,459 cm3/sec (2,530 cub. in. per second), and the area of its drainage basin, also not including the Guapore, as 24,299 km2 (9,382 square miles).[15]

An extensive pre-Columbian civilization existed in the basin of the Mamore in the swampy area known as the Llanos de Moxos, in northeastern Bolivia.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Ziesler . R. . Ardizzone . G.D. . The Inland waters of Latin America . 1979 . . 92-5-000780-9 . Amazon River System . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021061745/http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ad770b/AD770B06.htm . 21 October 2013 . live.
  2. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  3. Web site: Amazon.
  4. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  5. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  6. Web site: Amazon.
  7. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  8. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  9. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  10. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  11. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  12. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  13. Hydroclimatology of the Upper Madeira River basin: Spatio-temporal variability and trends . 10.1080/02626667.2016.1267861. 2017 . Molina-Carpio . Jorge . Espinoza . Jhan Carlo . Vauchel . Philippe . Ronchail . Josyane . Gutierrez Caloir . Beatriz . Guyot . Jean-Loup . Noriega . Luis . Hydrological Sciences Journal . 62 . 6 . 911–927 . 133578964 .
  14. Web site: Amazon.
  15. Franz Keller, The Amazon and Madeira Rivers, (New York, 1874)

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