Tapajós River
Also known as Tapajos
The Tapajós ( ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. Prior to a drastic increase in illegal gold mining and consequent soil erosion it was one of the largest clearwater rivers and currently is an anthropogenic whitewater river, accounting for about 6% of the water in the Amazon basin.
Key facts
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- Tapajós River
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- Front View of Itaituba, Brazil.jpg
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- 300
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- The city of Itaituba on the banks of the Tapajós River
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- Tapajosrivermap.png
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- 300
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- Map of the Amazon Basin with the Tapajós River highlighted
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- 300
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- Country
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- Brazil
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- (–)
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- Santarém, Pará State, Brazil (near mouth)
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- Course
- Geography
- Ecology
- Pollution through illegal gold mining
- Proposed dams
- In popular culture
- References
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The Tapajós ( ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. Prior to a drastic increase in illegal gold mining and consequent soil erosion it was one of the largest clearwater rivers and currently is an anthropogenic whitewater river, accounting for about 6% of the water in the Amazon basin.
== Course == For most of its length the Tapajós runs through Pará State, but the upper (southern) part forms the border between Pará and Amazonas State. The source is at the Juruena–Teles Pires river junction. The Tapajós River basin accounts for 6% of the water in the Amazon Basin, making it the fifth largest in the system.
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On the map
12 mapped locations