Río Matucaré
| Río Matucaré | ||
 Beni lowlands with the Río Matucaré |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Bolivia
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| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Río Mamoré → Rio Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean | |
| Headwaters | 50 kilometers southwest of San Ramón (Beni) 13 ° 27 ′ 18 ″ S , 65 ° 1 ′ 41 ″ W |
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| Source height | 138 m | |
| muzzle |
Río Mamoré coordinates: 12 ° 48 ′ 23 ″ S , 65 ° 0 ′ 16 ″ W 12 ° 48 ′ 23 ″ S , 65 ° 0 ′ 16 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | 134 m | |
| Height difference | 4 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.02 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 200 km | |
| Communities | Puerto Siles | |
The Río Matucaré is a right tributary of the Río Mamoré and flows through the Moxos plain in the Beni department in Bolivia .
course
The Matucaré rises at a height of 138 m, fifty kilometers southwest of the rural town of San Ramón , which is on the Ruta 9 highway . It flows largely in a northerly direction in innumerable meanders and turns to the west on its last seven kilometers. After a total of about 200 kilometers it flows into the Río Mamoré in the immediate vicinity of the village of Puerto Siles .
In its course, the Matucaré in the province of Mamoré crosses the municipality of San Joaquín in a south-north direction , the river only passes through the municipality of Puerto Siles on its last nine kilometers . The region between the Río Mamoré in the west and Ruta 9 in the east and north is largely deserted.
Web links
- Topographic map of the Tupinamba region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 7.05 MB)
- Topographic map of the Palmera region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 8.3 MB)
- Topographic map of the San Joaquín region 1: 100,000 (PDF; 6.2 MB)