River
Daule River
222 km from source to mouth · Ecuador.
EcuadorFlows into Guayas River3rd longest in Ecuador
In numbers
Length
222km
Average flow
1,000m³/s
Basin
32,366km²
Drop
2,803m
from 2,795 m to -8 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
222 km of river and 8 stops on the way: 7 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 2,795 m
- 89 kmVentanas38,168 people
- 106 kmCatarama9,723 people
- 135 kmBabahoyo76,279 people
- 170 kmPalestina9,364 people
- 173 kmSamborondón24,118 people
- 209 kmEloy Alfaro315,724 people
- 209 kmNational Unity Bridge
- 212 kmGuayaquil2,723,665 people
- 222 kmGuayas Riverat -8 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in western Ecuador
At the mouth it carries 1,048 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 2.4 seconds. It drops from 2,795 m to -8 m, 13 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 32,366 km², about the size of MD. 2.9 million people live in it. Highest water: from March to April; lowest: from August to November. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (18% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- GuayaquilLargest city on its banks · 2,723,665 people
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 4 km from the cityCar hire at GYE airport (Guayaquil)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water28 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to OctoberThe best months to visit
Daule River, month by month
Highest water: from March to April
Lowest water: from August to November. Best months to visit: from June to October.
From about 210 m³/s in the lowest month to 2,700 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.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Daule River: the basin in numbers
32,366 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 2.9millionpeople live in the basin
- 92/km²people per km²
- 711maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,573mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 22.0°Caverage air temperature
- 12%protected areas
- 0.5%covered by lakes
- 6.0km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 7% Forest
- 24% Cropland
- 32% Pasture
- 2% Towns and cities
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
Daule River: what you find on the way
- 1Waterfalls
- 27Ferry piersMuelle de Fibras and 26 more
- 1Marinas
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.1 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Daule 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.
2mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Mountains at the source (2)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Cerro Quispicacha12 km away
- Doliurc9.1 km away
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
Daule River in pictures
PeruWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q3322687) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point 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 | Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
Every source and licence is on the data sources page.
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