River
Aripuanã River
870 km from source to mouth · Brazil.
BrazilFlows into Madeira River
In numbers
Length
870km
Average flow
32,100m³/s
Basin
146,257km²
Drop
340m
from 354 m to 14 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
870 km of river and 7 stops on the way: 2 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 354 m
- 221 kmAripuanã22,714 people
- 567 kmRoosevelt Rivertributary
- 741 kmJuma Rivertributary
- 787 kmLago Jacurité2.3 km²
- 796 kmLago do Tucunaré0.3 km²
- 798 kmLago Jacaretinga3.3 km²
- 824 kmNovo Aripuanã26,046 people
- 870 kmMadeira Riverat 14 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Mato Grosso & Amazonas, Brazil
At the mouth it carries 32,074 m³/s on average: 13 Olympic pools every second. It drops from 354 m to 14 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 146,257 km², about the size of BD. 8.9 million people live in it. Highest water: from February to April; lowest: from July to October. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Novo AripuanãLargest city on its banks · 26,046 people
- Manicoré Airport (MNX)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 126 km from the cityCar hire at MAO airport (Manaus)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water5 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to JulyThe best months to visit
Aripuanã River, month by month
Highest water: from February to April
Lowest water: from July to October. Best months to visit: from June to July.
From about 12,200 m³/s in the lowest month to 65,500 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
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The basin
Aripuanã River: the basin in numbers
1,313,518 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 8.9millionpeople live in the basin
- 7/km²people per km²
- 519maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,750mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 23.9°Caverage air temperature
- 28%protected areas
- 0.5%covered by lakes
- 3.7km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 73% Forest
- 2% Cropland
- 22% Pasture
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Aripuanã River: what you find on the way
- 4Weirs
- 13WaterfallsSalto das Andorinhas and 12 more
- 5Ferry piersBalsa Mata-Mata , Balsa Mata-Mata, Portobrás and 2 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 3.1 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Aripuanã River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lago Jacuritékm 1,0162.3km²
- Lago do Tucunarékm 1,0280.3km²
- Lago Jacaretingakm 1,0303.3km²
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Aripuanã River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Madeira RiverBrazil1,450 km31,200 m³/sTributaries (6)
Also: Roosevelt River, Guaribe River, Juma River, Arauá River, Guariba River, Maracanã River
In the same basin
Brazil6,400 km209,000 m³/sRio NegroBrazil2,250 km30,000 m³/sMarañón River
Peru1,737 km16,700 m³/sUcayali RiverPeru1,460 km12,600 m³/sJapurá RiverBrazil2,820 km13,900 m³/sXingu RiverBrazil1,640 km9,700 m³/sMamoré RiverBrazil1,930 km11,600 m³/sJuruá RiverBrazil3,100 km4,800 m³/sTapajós RiverBrazil1,930 km13,000 m³/sPutumayo RiverBrazil1,610 km7,000 m³/sWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1436100) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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