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Juruena River

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Also known as Rio Juruena

river in Mato Grosso & Amazonas, Brazil

Key facts

Country
Brazil
Location
Parecis plateau , Mato Grosso , Brazil
Coordinates
14°43′6.0168″S 59°9′45.7848″W / 14.718338000°S 59.162718000°W / -14.718338000; -59.162718000
Elevation
653 m (2,142 ft)
Mouth
Tapajós
Length
1,240 km (770 mi)
Basin size
191,780.7 km (74,046.9 mi ) to 192,628 km (74,374 mi )
Average
(Period: 1970-2000)4,458.513 m /s (157,450.9 cu ft/s) (Period: 1979-2015)4,936.7 m /s (174,340 cu ft/s)
Minimum
1,766 m /s (62,400 cu ft/s)
Maximum
11,348 m /s (400,800 cu ft/s)
Left
Vermelho , Juína-Mirim , Camararé , Juína , Bararati
Right
São Tomé , São João da Barra , Arinos , Sangue , Papagaio

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

The Juruena River (Portuguese: Rio Juruena) is a 1,240 km (770 mi) long river in west-central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso.

Course

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Juruena River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

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