Río Piraí
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Río Piraí Río Piray |
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 View of the Piraí near the city of Santa Cruz |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Bolivia
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| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Yapacaní → Río Grande → Río Mamoré → Rio Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean | |
| Confluence of |
Río Bermejo and Río Piojeras 18 ° 11 ′ 14 ″ S , 63 ° 33 ′ 34 ″ W |
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| Source height | 1642 m | |
| muzzle |
Río Yapacaní coordinates: 16 ° 10 ′ 24 ″ S , 64 ° 12 ′ 7 ″ W 16 ° 10 ′ 24 ″ S , 64 ° 12 ′ 7 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 200 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1442 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 3.2 ‰ | |
| length | 457 km | |
| Catchment area | 15,249 km² | |
| Big cities | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | |
The Río Piraí (also: Río Piray ) is a right tributary of the Río Yapacaní in the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin .
course
The Piraí rises at an altitude of 1642 m near the city of Samaipata and takes its name from the confluence of the Río Bermejo and Río Piojeras .
In its course it crosses the province of Andrés Ibáñez , where the metropolis of Santa Cruz de la Sierra lies on its right bank . Further downstream, the Río Piraí forms the border between the province of Sara and the province of Ignacio Warnes and further on between Sara and the province of Obispo Santistevan .
The name Piraí consists of the two Guaraní words pira (= "fish") and y (= "water").
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