Key facts
- Native name
- Rio Tietê ( Portuguese )
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- South America
- Source
- Salesópolis , Serra do Mar
- Elevation
- 1,120 m (3,670 ft)
- Mouth
- Lake at the Eng Souza Dias (Jupiá) Dam , Paraná River
- Length
- 1,150 km (710 mi)
- Basin size
- 72,168 km (27,864 mi )
- Location
- Near mouth
- Average
- (Period: 1971–2000)937.2 m /s (33,100 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Paraná → Río de la Plata → Atlantic Ocean
- River system
- Río de la Plata
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tietê River (Portuguese: Rio Tietê [tʃi.eˈte]) is a Brazilian river in the state of São Paulo.
The first known use of the name Tietê was on a map published in 1748 by d’Anville. The name means "truthful river", or "truthful waters”, in Tupi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tietê River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.