The Ituí River is a river of the upper Amazon Basin. It traverses some 370 km of the Atalaia do Norte municipality in the Amazonas state of north-western Brazil. The Ituí is a left tributary of the Javary River. It drains a very low gradient, dropping hardly 100 m over its whole extent, which results in extensive meandering. The Rio Negro, Beija-flor and Branquinho are some of its western tributaries, while the Rio Novo is its main eastern tributary. Downstream it joins the Itaquai River to form the upper Solimões.
| Ituí River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Amazonas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sierra del Divisor |
| • coordinates | 7°5′4.8372″S 72°34′7.4028″W / 7.084677000°S 72.568723000°W |
| • elevation | 198 m (650 ft) |
| Mouth | Javary River |
• location | Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas |
• coordinates | 4°22′19″S 70°11′31″W / 4.37194°S 70.19194°W |
• elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Length | 480 km (300 mi)[1] to 558 km (347 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 43,035 km2 (16,616 sq mi)[3] to 43,403.1 km2 (16,758.0 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Atalaia do Norte (near mouth) |
| • average | (Period: 1970–2000)2,322.6 m3/s (82,020 cu ft/s)[2] (Period: 1979–2015)2,422.1 m3/s (85,540 cu ft/s)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Rio Negro, Branquinho, Quixito |
| • right | Novo, Itaquai |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "Middle Amazon".
- ^ a b "PLANO ESTADUAL DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO AMAZONAS, (PERH/AM) - RT 03 - DIAGNÓSTICO, PROGNÓSTICO E CENÁRIOS FUTUROS DO RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO ESTADO - TOMO III" (PDF). Jan 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
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