Río Mazar
| Río Mazar | ||
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| Data | ||
| location | Cañar Province in Ecuador | |
| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Río Paute → Río Namangoza → Río Santiago → Río Marañón → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean | |
| Headwaters |
Cordillera Real 2 ° 25 ′ 59 ″ S , 78 ° 43 ′ 13 ″ W. |
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| Source height | approx. 2850 m | |
| muzzle |
Río Paute Coordinates: 2 ° 35 ′ 35 " S , 78 ° 37 ′ 17" W 2 ° 35 ′ 35 " S , 78 ° 37 ′ 17" W. |
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| Mouth height | 2030 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 820 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 29 ‰ | |
| length | 28 km | |
| Catchment area | 167 km² | |
| Discharge A Eo : 156 km² Location: 4 km above the mouth |
MQ Mq |
4.8 m³ / s 30.8 l / (s km²) |
The Río Mazar is a 28 km long left tributary of the Rio Paute in the province of Cañar in Ecuador .
River course
The Río Mazar rises in the Cordillera Real on the border of the two provinces of Chimborazo and Cañar at an altitude of about 3850 m . It flows mainly in a south-easterly direction through the mountains and flows into the Río Paute directly below the dam of the Paute-Mazar dam .
Hydrology
The catchment area of the Río Mazar covers 167 km². The mean discharge 4 km above the mouth is 4.8 m³ / s.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b A. Laraque, J. Ronchail and a .: Heterogeneous Distribution of Rainfall and Discharge Regimes in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin. In: Journal of Hydrometeorology. 8, 2007, p. 1364, doi : 10.1175 / 2007JHM784.1 .