Río Cangaime
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 Ecuador
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| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Río Morona → Río Marañón → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean | |
| Headwaters | subandine mountain range 2 ° 12 ′ 9 ″ S , 77 ° 48 ′ 29 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 1500 m | |
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Río Mangosiza to Río Morona Coordinates: 2 ° 53 ′ 10 ″ S , 77 ° 42 ′ 19 ″ W 2 ° 53 ′ 10 ″ S , 77 ° 42 ′ 19 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 200 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1300 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 5.8 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 225 km | |
| Left tributaries | Río Shimpim, Río Cosutca, Río Panki, Río Macuma | |
| Right tributaries | Río Cushuimi, Río Kaspaimi | |
The Río Cangaime is the approximately 225 km long left and more water-rich source river of the Río Morona in the east of Ecuador in the Morona Santiago province .
River course
The Río Cangaime rises in a sub-Andean mountain range up to 1900 m high at an altitude of about 1500 m . For the first ten kilometers it cuts through the ridge in an easterly direction and then turns towards the south-southeast. After about 80 kilometers, it cuts through a low ridge, turning 15 km to the east. Eventually the river reaches the western edge of the Amazon lowlands . It now flows 40 km to the south, then about 45 km towards the west-south-west and finally for the last 20 km to the south-west. In the Amazon lowlands, the river forms numerous river loops . The Río Cangaime joins the coming directly from the mountains of western Rio Mangosiza for Río Morona. An important tributary is the Río Macuma , which meets the Río Cangaime at 65 km from the east.