River
Japurá River
2,820 km from source to mouth · Brazil and Colombia.
Brazil and ColombiaFlows into Amazon River4th longest in Brazil
In numbers
Length
2,820km
Average flow
13,900m³/s
Basin
282,000km²
Drop
2,861m
from 2,886 m to 25 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
2,820 km of river and 16 stops on the way: 5 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 2,886 m
- 183 kmPuerto Guzmán24,355 people
- 285 kmCurillo9,539 people
- 424 kmOrteguaza Rivertributary
- 428 kmSolano25,546 people
- 468 kmMecaya Rivertributary
- 524 kmLaguna Sencella0.4 km²
- 733 kmCaguán Rivertributary
- 803 kmLaguna Guaquira3.5 km²
- 1,101 kmCaño Paujil, Caquetá
- 1,471 kmCahuinari Rivertributary
- 1,973 kmCachoeira Jacaré Ponta
- 2,215 kmJapurá9,397 people
- 2,325 kmLago Jarpia22 km²
- 2,372 kmLago Maraã4.1 km²
- 2,374 kmMaraã18,261 people
- 2,655 kmYarí Rivertributary
- 2,820 kmAmazon Riverat 25 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in South America
At the mouth it carries 13,915 m³/s on average: 5.6 Olympic pools every second. It drops from 2,886 m to 25 m, 1.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 282,000 km², about the size of EC. 660,000 people live in it. Highest water: from May to July. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- SolanoLargest city on its banks · 25,546 people
- Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport (FLA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 105 km from the cityCar hire at RBR airport (Rio Branco)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water10 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe1 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Japurá River, month by month
Highest water: from May to July
Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 10,000 m³/s in the lowest month to 21,700 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.
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The basin
Japurá River: the basin in numbers
268,751 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 660,000people live in the basin
- 2/km²people per km²
- 260maverage altitude of the basin
- 2,946mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 25.5°Caverage air temperature
- 39%protected areas
- 0.2%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 82% Forest
- 3% 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
Japurá River: what you find on the way
- 4WaterfallsCascada del Indio, Cascada la Honda, Cascada and 1 more
- 1Rapids
- 10Ferry piersCanoe to Shasta Paraiso, Japurá, Maraã and 7 more
- 36River beachesIsla Monaguete, Islas El Corazon, Isla Medio Mondo and 33 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.7 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Japurá 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.
2waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
4lakes on its wayLakeyas
19mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (2)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Caño Paujil, Caquetákm 833
- Cachoeira Jacaré Pontakm 1,493
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (4)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Laguna Sencellakm 3970.4km²
- Laguna Guaquirakm 6073.5km²
- Lago Jarpiakm 1,75922km²
- Lago Maraãkm 1,7944.1km²
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Mountains at the source (19)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Alto de Sucubún7.5 km away
- Cordillera de Sucubún11 km away
- Cordillera de Santo Domingo12 km away
- Cuchilla San Francisco11 km away
- Chorrera Alta8.9 km away
- Cordillera de Chorrillos11 km away
- Cuchilla Trilladero10 km away
- Cerro Punturco8.0 km away
11 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
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
Japurá River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Amazon RiverBrazil6,400 km209,000 m³/sTributaries (10)
Also: Apaporís river, Orteguaza River, Caguán River, Ajajú River, Cahuinari River, Mecaya River, Yarí River, Juami River, Mapari River, Puruê River
In the same basin
Brazil2,250 km30,000 m³/sMadeira RiverBrazil1,450 km31,200 m³/sMarañón River
Peru1,737 km16,700 m³/sUcayali RiverPeru1,460 km12,600 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/sPurus RiverBrazil2,960 km8.4 m³/sWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q171840) · 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 | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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