Tapauá River Explained

Tapauá River
Map:	Rio Tapaua.png
River System:	Purus River
Mouth Coordinates:	-5.7783°N -64.3994°W
Basin Size:	63185km2^[1] 63164.6km2^[2]
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Brazil
Length:	640km (400miles)^[3]
Discharge1 Avg:	2135m3/s^[4] 1840.899m3/s^[5]

The Tapauá River (Portuguese: Rio Tapauá) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Purus River.

The river flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.

See also

• List of rivers of Amazonas

Notes and References

1. Web site: PLANO ESTADUAL DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO AMAZONAS, (PERH/AM) - RT 03 - DIAGNÓSTICO, PROGNÓSTICO E CENÁRIOS FUTUROS DO RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO ESTADO - TOMO III. Jan 2019.
2. Web site: Rivers Network. 2020.
3. 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.
4. Web site: PLANO ESTADUAL DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO AMAZONAS, (PERH/AM) - RT 03 - DIAGNÓSTICO, PROGNÓSTICO E CENÁRIOS FUTUROS DO RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO ESTADO - TOMO III. Jan 2019.
5. Web site: Rivers Network. 2020.