The Jauaperi River (Portuguese: Rio Jauaperi) is a river of Amazonas state in northwestern Brazil, a tributary of the Rio Negro.
| Jauaperi River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rio Jauaperi (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Amazonas |
| Mouth | |
• location | Rio Negro |
• coordinates | 1°35′27″S 61°28′21″W / 1.590921°S 61.472624°W |
| Length | 530 km (330 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 48,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Confluence of Rio Negro, Amazonas State |
| • average | 1,300 m3/s (46,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Rio Negro |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Alalaú River |
The lower section of the river forms part of the border between Amazonas and Roraima. Most of the river basin is in the 2,585,910 hectares (6,389,900 acres) Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory.[2]
See also
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edit- Contemporary Waimiri Atroari society, ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-29
- 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