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Key facts
- Countries
- Ecuador Peru
- Location
- Confluence of Jatunyaçu and Anzu, Ecuador
- Coordinates
- 1°2′49″S 77°48′27″W / 1.04694°S 77.80750°W / -1.04694; -77.80750
- Elevation
- 430 m (1,410 ft)
- Mouth
- Amazon River
- Length
- 1,130 km (700 mi)
- Basin size
- 103,307.79 km (39,887.36 mi )
- Average
- (Period: 1971–2000)7,147.8 m /s (252,420 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 3,200 m /s (110,000 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 10,800 m /s (380,000 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Amazon → Atlantic Ocean
- River system
- Amazon River
- Left
- Jatunyaçu, Misahualli, Payamino, Coca , Aguarico , Tamboyaçu
- Right
- Anzu, Llocullón, Tiputini , Yasuní , Anahiri, Curaray , Tacshacuraray, Mazán
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- Image
- Napo River.jpg
- Length
- 1130
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- Napo River
- watershed area
- 115000
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The Napo River (Spanish: Río Napo) is a tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the east Andean volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi.
The total length is 1,075 km (668 mi). The river drains an area of ca 103,000 km. The mean annual discharge at Mazán is 6,800 m/s (240,000 cu ft/s).
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