Río Mapiri

Río Mapiri Río Kaka
Río Kaka
Data
location	Bolivia
River system	Amazon
Drain over	Río Beni  → Rio Madeira  → Amazon  → Atlantic Ocean
Source lake	Laguna Huara huarani 15 ° 54 ′ 25 ″  S , 68 ° 33 ′ 47 ″  W
Source height	4755  m
muzzle	as Río Kaka opposite Puerto Carmen in the Río Beni Coordinates: 15 ° 6 ′ 27 ″  S , 67 ° 40 ′ 24 ″  W 15 ° 6 ′ 27 ″  S , 67 ° 40 ′ 24 ″  W
Mouth height	283  m
Height difference	4472 m
Bottom slope	14 ‰
length	314 km
Left tributaries	Río Molina Pampa, Río Copani, Río Camata, Río Atén
Right tributaries	Río Tipuani, Río Challana, Río Zongo
Small towns	Sorata , Mapiri , Guanay

The Río Mapiri is a river in the Bolivian part of South America .

The source of the Río Mapiri is located in the Bolivian Cordillera on the southwest slope of Ancohuma at an altitude of 4755  m in the lake Laguna Huara huarani. The total length of the river is not called Río Mapiri, but has different names in individual sections of its course, with the river sometimes having double names and the name sections are not clearly assigned to exact river sections.

course

Río San Cristobal

The first section of the river from the source lake Laguna Huara Huarani to the confluence with the Río Molina Pampa from the left has a length of 45 kilometers. It is called Río San Cristobal and flows past the city of Sorata . The Rio Molina Pampa forms the border between the province Larecaja and muñecas province and unites with the Rio San Cristobal at an altitude of 1725  m at 15 ° 34 ' "18  S , 25 68 ° 46'"  W .

Río Llica

After the union of Río Molina Pampa and Río San Cristobal, the river is named Río Llica for about 90 km and flows in a north-westerly direction. On this route the Río Copani flows from the left, and at the latest when the river joins the Río Camata coming from the left at kilometer 137 and at 15 ° 17 ′ 56 ″  S , 68 ° 16 ′ 13 ″  W , the river is then called Río Mapiri. Military maps give the river the name Río Mapiri from the Río Copani onwards, and here and there the river also bears the name Río Consata.

Important localities to the left of the Río Llica are Aucapata and the pre-Inca settlement Iskanwaya , to the right of the river are the localities of Quiabaya , Collobamba and Comsata .

Río Mapiri

The Río Mapiri between the Río Camata and the Río Zongo has long been used for gold mining in the past centuries, and even today there are simple gold panning facilities along the cities of Mapiri and Guanay to the right of the river . The name Mapiri is used for this section of the river at least up to the left tributary of the Río Atén, but mostly up to the tributary of Río Tipuani, Río Challana and Río Zongo / Coroico between Guanay and Teoponte , the name is occasionally also found up to the confluence with the Río Beni. In this section, the river flows in a south-easterly direction and drops 103 meters in altitude at only 49 kilometers.

Río Kaka

At the latest from kilometer 222 at 15 ° 30 ′ 3 ″  S , 67 ° 50 ′ 48 ″  W , when the Río Coroico flows in from the right , the river is called Río Kaka. The river now has a height of 411  m , and beyond Teoponte it flows through almost unpopulated area and winds its last 92 kilometers through steep foothills until it finally reaches the Río Beni at an altitude of 283  m . Shortly before the river mouth is the small town of Puerto Carmen .