Madeira River
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| Madeira River | |
 The river in the ootskirts o Porto Velho
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| Name oreegin: Portuguese, "wood river" | |
| Kintras | Bolivie, Brazil |
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| Pairt o | Amazon Basin |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Madre de Dios River |
| - right | Mamoré River, Ji-Paraná River, Dos Marmelos River, Manicoré River, Mataurá River, Aripuana River |
| Ceeties | Nova Olinda do Norte, Borba, Novo Aripuanã, Manicoré, Humaitá, Porto Velho |
| Soorce | Confluence o Madre de Dios an Mamoré |
| - location | Near Guayaramerín, Bolivia & Brazil |
| - elevation | 180 m (591 ft) |
| - coordinates | 10°38′19″S 65°39′20″W / 10.63861°S 65.65556°W |
| Mooth | Amazon River |
| - location | Amazonas, Brazil |
| - elevation | 40 m (131 ft) |
| - coordinates | 3°22′32″S 58°46′23″W / 3.37556°S 58.77306°WCoordinates: 3°22′32″S 58°46′23″W / 3.37556°S 58.77306°W |
| Lenth | 3,380 km (2,100 mi) [1] |
| Basin | 850,000 km2 (328,187 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Manicoré |
| - average | 24,397 m3/s (861,572 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 52,804 m3/s (1,864,756 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 2,346 m3/s (82,848 cu ft/s) |
 Cairt o the Madeira River wattershed
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The Madeira River (Portuguese: Rio Madeira, [ˈʁi.u mɐˈdejɾɐ]) is a major watterway in Sooth Americae, approximately 3,250 km (2,020 mi) lang.[2]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived frae the original on 8 November 2014. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ "Madeira (river)". Talktalk.co.uk (encyclopedia). Accessed May 2011.