Key facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Location
- Confluence of Ariari and Guayabero Rivers
- Coordinates
- 2°34′52.9212″N 72°46′17.0328″W / 2.581367000°N 72.771398000°W / 2.581367000; -72.771398000
- Elevation
- 178 m (584 ft)
- 2nd source
- Ariari
- 3rd source
- Guayabero
- Length
- 1,760 km (1,090 mi) - Guaviare–Guayabero
- Basin size
- 151,606.9 km (58,535.8 sq mi)
- Average
- (Period: 1926–2011)7,529 m /s (265,900 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- (Year: 1994)826 m /s (29,200 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- (Year: 1988)15,906 m /s (561,700 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Orinoco → Atlantic Ocean
- River system
- Orinoco River
- Left
- Ariari , Caño El Melón, Ovejas, Caño Jabón, Siare, Iteviare, Caño Cumaral, Uvá
- Right
- Guayabero , Caño Macú, Caño Araguato, Caño Mina, Caño Minisiare, Inírida , Atabapo
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Guaviare is a tributary of the Orinoco in Colombia. It flows together with the upper Orinoco (until here also called Río Parágua), which it clearly surpasses in length (altogether about 1,760 km) and water flow. Thus, the Guaviare is hydrologically the main stream of the Orinoco system.
The Guaviare has its source in two other rivers, the Ariari and the Guayabero, which in turn have their own sources in the eastern part of the Andes. At 1,760 km (1,090 mi) long, it is the longest tributary of the Orinoco and is navigable for 630 km (390 mi) of its total length. The Guaviare is considered the border between the Llanos and the Amazon rainforest. Its main tributary is the Inírida River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guaviare River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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