Río Chané

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Río Chané
Data
location Bolivia
River system Amazon
Drain over Piraí  → Yapacaní  → Río Grande  → Mamoré  → Madeira  → Amazon  → Atlantic
source as Río Warnes southwest of Warnes
17 ° 31 ′ 46 ″  S , 63 ° 11 ′ 41 ″  W
Source height 346  m
muzzle Río Piraí Coordinates: 16 ° 56 ′ 46 ″  S , 63 ° 17 ′ 30 ″  W 16 ° 56 ′ 46 ″  S , 63 ° 17 ′ 30 ″  W.
Mouth height 233  m
Height difference 113 m
Bottom slope 1 ‰
length 108 km
Left tributaries Río El Toro
Right tributaries Río Pailon
Medium-sized cities Warnes
Communities Las Barreras , Azusaqui , Los Chacos , Fernández Alonso , Chané Independencia

The Río Chané is a right tributary of the Río Piraí in the lowlands of the South American Andean state Bolivia .

River course

The Río Chané has a total length of 108 km, it runs in the alluvial plain between the two rivers Río Piraí in the west and the Río Grande in the east. It rises as Río Warnes just two kilometers east of the river valley of the Río Piraí, four kilometers southwest of the city of Warnes . The stream of the Río Warnes runs in a north-easterly direction and passes Warnes and the railway line running east of the city and joins other small streams after a few kilometers and bears the name " Río Chané " for the remaining 100 km . Up to its mouth, the river runs in a semicircle open to the west, with it flowing largely in a northerly direction up to the intersection with the Ruta 10 highway . About 20 km later it joins the Río Pailon flowing in from the right and then swings in a north-westerly direction. Eight kilometers below the village of Chané Independencia , it flows into the Río Piraí when coming from the right.

Provinces and Municipios

The Río Chané flows through the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Warnes in the province of Ignacio Warnes until it merges with the Río Pailon , then the districts of General Saavedra , Mineros , Fernández Alonso and San Pedro in the province of Obispo Santistevan .

ecology

The river bed of the Río Chané is not canalised and over long stretches it is bordered by a strip of bush at least 50 meters wide. Since the river flows through a region that has been increasingly used for agriculture in the last few decades, fertilization with mineral salts increasingly leads to an oversupply of minerals ( eutrophication ) in the water. In addition, there is a risk from untreated wastewater from local industry.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Periódico El Deber (April 2005)
  2. ↑ Hay mortandad de peces en río Chané El Día, August 9, 2018

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