Río Tahuamanu
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Río Tahuamanu Río Tahuamanú |
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 the Río Tahuamanu from the air |
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 Peru , Bolivia
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| River system | Amazon | |
| Drain over | Río Orthon → Río Beni → Rio Madeira → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean | |
| Headwaters |
Madre de Dios region 10 ° 58 ′ 15 ″ S , 71 ° 21 ′ 42 ″ W |
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| Source height | 466 m | |
| Association with |
Río Manuripi to Río Orthon Coordinates: 11 ° 6 ′ 15 ″ S , 67 ° 33 ′ 33 ″ W 11 ° 6 ′ 15 ″ S , 67 ° 33 ′ 33 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | 169 m | |
| Height difference | 297 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.33 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 900 km | |
| Catchment area | 15,400 km² | |
| Outflow A Eo : 15,400 km²
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MQ Mq |
250 m³ / s 16.2 l / (s km²) |
| Small towns | Porvenir , Puerto Rico | |
| Communities | Filadelfia , Palacios | |
 River network with the Río Tahuamanu in the Beni lowlands |
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The Río Tahuamanu (also: Río Tahuamanú ) is a river in Peru and Bolivia that joins the Río Manuripi to form the Río Orthon and belongs to the river system of the Amazon .
course
The Río Tahuamanu has its origin in the Tahuamanu rainforest, which is threatened by illegal logging, about 250 kilometers west of the Peruvian border with Bolivia. From its source region, the river flows in an easterly direction through the Madre de Dios region in the Tahuamanu province and reaches the Bolivian border after 450 kilometers. From here the Tahuamanu flows through the Pando department and forms the border between the Nicolás Suárez province in the north and the Manuripi province in the south, until it joins the only slightly smaller Río Manuripi near Puerto Rico . The river then bears the name Río Orthon and flows into the Río Beni after another 410 km .
Due to its low slope of just 300 meters to 900 kilometers meandering of the river very strong and changed so again its course and its length, especially when two adjacent loops touch, the water takes the resulting shortcut and so Backwater remain, which silt up with time. Since the river runs through tropical rainforest throughout its entire course and has hardly been developed for traffic so far, its catchment area is almost deserted. The only traffic route for developing the region along the course of the river is the waterway, road connections only exist from Porvenir downstream.
Web links
- Fishes of three Bolivian rivers: Diversity, distribution and conservation. Barry Chernoff et al. a. (PDF; 112 kB) September 2000. In: Interciencia ISSN 0378-1844 ( English ) accessed February 6, 2016
- MiraBolivia - Card 103
- MiraBolivia - Card 100
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detail measurement with the help of Google Earth
- ↑ Arthur Frederick Ide's blog from May 2, 2011 ( English )