Río Alto Madre de Dios
| Río Alto Madre de Dios | ||
 View from a lookout near Pongo del Koñeq |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Peru
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| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Río Madre de Dios → Río Beni → Rio Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean | |
| Confluence of |
Río Pillcopata and Río Piñi-Piñi 12 ° 53 ′ 23 ″ S , 71 ° 23 ′ 17 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 500 m | |
| Association with |
Río Manú to Río Madre de Dios Coordinates: 12 ° 16 ′ 17 ″ S , 70 ° 55 ′ 58 ″ W 12 ° 16 ′ 17 ″ S , 70 ° 55 ′ 58 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 280 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 220 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.8 ‰ | |
| length | 122 km (including Río Piñi-Piñi: 235 km) | |
| Catchment area | approx. 7685 km² (according to other sources: 8570 km²) | |
| Drain |
MQ |
570 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Río Palotoa | |
| Right tributaries | Río Carbón | |
The Rio Alto Madre de Dios ( alto Spanish for "high" or "dominant") is the 122 km long right source river of the Río Madre de Dios in southeastern Peru in the administrative regions of Cusco and Madre de Dios .
River course
The Río Alto Madre de Dios arises at the confluence of the Río Pillcopata (right) and Río Piñi-Piñi (left) at an altitude of about 500 m , 3 km northeast of the municipality of Pillcopata . The right bank of the river is in the Cusco region for the first six kilometers. Otherwise, the river runs within the Madre de Dios region. Right at the beginning, the Río Alto Madre de Dios cuts through a more than 1500 m high ridge and reaches the eastern Voranden region. The breakthrough valley is called Pongo del Koñeq and is located at river kilometer 117. At its exit, on the right bank of the river, at the confluence of the Río Carbón, there is the settlement Atalaya . The nearby municipality of Salvación , administrative seat of the province of Manu , lies on the river of the same name, 3 km above its confluence with the Río Alto Madre de Dios. This flows for the next 30 km in a northerly, later in a north-northeast direction. At river kilometer 84 the Río Palotoa meets the Río Alto Madre de Dios from the left. This flows a short distance to the southeast, and then cuts through a low mountain range up to 650 m high at river kilometer 70 . For the remaining kilometers, the river flows in a north-easterly direction through the lowlands and finally reaches the Río Manú , with which it forms the Río Madre de Dios. The Río Alto Madre de Dios has several river arms along almost its entire course. The lower 30 km run along the southeastern park boundary of the Manú National Park .
Catchment area and hydrology
The Río Alto Madre de Dios is the less arid source river of the Río Madre de Dios. It drains the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera to the east. The catchment area of around 7685 km² extends in the south to the over 5000 m high, partially glaciated mountain massif Nevado de Pucará . The source river Río Pillcopata is fed by the tributaries Río Cosñipata , Río Queros and Río Tono . The mean discharge of the Río Alto Madre de Dios is 570 m³ / s.
ecology
The catchment area of the Río Alto Madre de Dios is opened up by the road from Paucartambo to Pillcopata. In addition, the river is navigable with smaller boats from the mouth to Atalaya . The river valleys of the source rivers are rich in species of amphibians . It comes there u. a. the frog species Noblella pygmaea .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amphibians of the Manu Learning Center (PDF; 3.4 MB) CREES FOUNDATION. August 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
Web links
1.6.2.1 Hidrografía de la cuenca del Río Madre de Dios, Domus Consultoria Ambiental (PDF; 1.2 MB) (discharge figures apparently exaggerated)