Río Upano

Río Upano
Río Upano near Logroño
Data
location	Morona Santiago Province in Ecuador
River system	Amazon
Drain over	Río Namangoza  → Río Santiago  → Río Marañón  → Amazon  → Atlantic Ocean
Headwaters	Cordillera Real , 25 km southwest of the Sangay 2 ° 8 ′ 24 ″  S , 78 ° 30 ′ 32 ″  W
Source height	approx.  4000  m
Association with	Río Paute to Río Namangoza Coordinates: 2 ° 45 ′ 27 ″  S , 78 ° 16 ′ 29 ″  W 2 ° 45 ′ 27 ″  S , 78 ° 16 ′ 29 ″  W.
Mouth height	approx.  420  m
Height difference	approx. 3580 m
Bottom slope	approx. 21 ‰
length	172 km
Catchment area	approx. 3700 km²
Discharge at the level below Río Tutamangoza A Eo : 3423 km² Location: 28 km above the mouth	MQ Mq	297.8 m³ / s 87 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries	Río Sangay, Río Volcán, Río Yukipa, Río Chiguaza, Río Pania
Right tributaries	Río Abanico , Río Jurumbaino, Río Tutanagosa , Río Yurupasa
Medium-sized cities	Macas
Small towns	Logroño
Communities	Zuñac, Huambi, Tayuza, Patuca

The Río Upano is the 172 km long headwaters of the Río Namangoza in the Morona Santiago province in eastern Ecuador .

River course

The Río Upano has its source in the Cordillera Real at an altitude of about 4000  m , 25 km southwest of the Sangay volcano . It initially flows 50 km to the east. The top 40 km are within Sangay National Park . The trunk road E46 ( Guamote - Macas ) follows the course of the river up to river kilometer 125. The Río Upano then turns 30 km in the north-northeast direction. The two left tributaries Río Sangay and Río Volcán drain the southeast flank of the Sangay. The Río Upano turns from river km 100 10 km to the southeast and finally to the south. The E45 trunk road ( Puyo - Santigao de Méndez ) follows the course of the river from Macas. The Río Upano finally meets the Río Paute coming from the west near Patuca and unites with this to the Río Santiago. In addition to the provincial capital Macas, the small towns and villages Logroño , Zuñac , Huambi , Tayuza and Patuca lie on the river . Larger tributaries are u. a. Río Yukipa , Río Chiguaza and Río Pania from the left and Río Abanico , Río Jurumbaino , Río Tutanagosa and Río Yurupasa from the right.

Hydrology

The Río Upano drains a section on the eastern flank of the Cordillera Real. Its catchment area covers an area of ​​around 3700 km². The mean discharge at the gauge below the confluence of the Río Tutanagosa is 297.8 m³ / s.

Web links

Commons : Río Upano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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 .