Río Due

Río Due Río Due Grande
Data
location	Ecuador
River system	Amazon
Drain over	Río Aguarico  → Río Napo  → Amazon  → Atlantic
Headwaters	West flank of the Reventador volcano 0 ° 4 ′ 51 ″  S , 77 ° 40 ′ 33 ″  W
Source height	approx.  3300  m
muzzle	Río Aguarico Coordinates: 0 ° 4 ′ 34 "  N , 77 ° 22 ′ 31"  W 0 ° 4 ′ 34 "  N , 77 ° 22 ′ 31"  W.
Mouth height	approx.  800  m
Height difference	approx. 2500 m
Bottom slope	approx. 37 ‰
length	approx. 67 km
Catchment area	approx. 710 km²
Left tributaries	Río Quecuno
Right tributaries	Río Due Chico

The Río Due , also Río Due Grande , is an approximately 67 km long right tributary of the Río Aguarico in northern Ecuador .

River course

The course of the river is located in the west of the province of Sucumbíos . The Río Due rises at an altitude of about 3300  m on the western flank of the 3562  m high volcano Reventador . The Río Due initially flows mainly in a northeastern direction along the eastern flank of the Cordillera Real . At river kilometer 38 the Río Due Chico joins the Río Due when coming from the south. At river kilometer 27, the Río Quecuno meets the Río Due coming from the northwest. This then turns 7 km to the southeast, before flowing to the northeast for its last 10 kilometers. The Río Due finally flows 6 km northwest of the small town Lumbaqui into the Río Aguarico, 25 km below the junction of its headwaters.

Catchment area

The Río Due drains an area of ​​about 710 km². The catchment area extends along the eastern flank of the Cordillera Real. It borders in the west and in the south on that of the Río Quijos , in the north on that of the Río Cofanes , the right source river of the Río Aguarico.