Río Madidi
| Río Madidi | ||
 Río Madidi in the Madidi National Park |
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| Data | ||
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 Bolivia
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| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Río Beni → Rio Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean | |
| Headwaters | in the foreground 14 ° 3 ′ 45 ″ S , 68 ° 19 ′ 50 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 800 m | |
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Río Beni Coordinates: 12 ° 33 '53 " S , 66 ° 57' 55" W 12 ° 33 '53 " S , 66 ° 57' 55" W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 150 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 650 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1 ‰ | |
| length | 636 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 12,500 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Río Plora, Río Enatahua | |
| Right tributaries | Río Claro, Río Undumo | |
| Communities | Ojaki, Esperanza del Madidi, Barracón | |
 Meander in the northern part of the Río Madidi |
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 Location of the Río Madidi in the river system of the Río Madeira |
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The Río Madidi is a left tributary of the Río Beni in the north of the La Paz department in the lowlands of the Andean state of Bolivia . There is very different information about its length, depending on which source rivers are included. In addition, the Río Madidi meanders very strongly and constantly changes its course.
course
The source rivers of the Río Madidi arise at about 900 m altitude in the Voranden , about 30 km southwest of the village of Ixiamas and 280 km north of La Paz . The first 120 km the river winds through the last foothills of the Andes in the area of the Yungas , which are protected as Madidi National Park due to the high biodiversity and the state hardly influenced by humans , until it reaches the lowland basin at the Cerros de Bala ridge and turns north. From about kilometer 145 it flows northeast through tropical rainforest and savannahs and mainly takes in right tributaries such as the Río Claro, the Río Ciro and the Río Undumo, which drain the area north of Ixiamas. There was practically no settlement around the Río Madidi even outside of the national park; there are only small villages along the last kilometers of the river. The river is also not accessed by any roads, but the construction of the missing sections of Ruta 16 is planned, which will cross the river in the west and represent a third road connection to the north of Bolivia. The Río Madidi flows into the Río Beni just before it reaches the Departamento Pando .
The entire length of the Río Madidi runs through the Municipio Ixiamas (one of the largest Municipios in Bolivia). Due to the strongly meandering course, there are many oxbow lakes and lagoons on the Río Madidi .
Tributaries and places on the Río Madidi
- Río Plora km 57 (left) ⊙
- Alto Madidi km 118
- Río Claro km 266 (right) ⊙
- Río Enatahua km 421 (left) ⊙
- Río Undamo also: Undumo km 505 (right) ⊙
- Ojaki km 567 ⊙
- Esperanza del Madidi km 591 ⊙
- Barracón km 604.5 ⊙
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ FAO data on rivers in the Amazon basin ( Memento from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Boliviaparaisonatural.com The 10 longest rivers of Bolivia ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
