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Rio Negro (Amazon)

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Negro River (Río Negro)
Guainía River
Sunset ower the Rio Negro, upstream frae Manaus
Kintras Brazil, Colombie, Venezuela
Tributaries
 - left Branco River (an mony smawer rivers)
 - right Vaupés River (an mony smawer rivers)
Soorce heichlands o Colombie
 - location Guainía Depairtment, Amazon region, Colombie
Mooth Amazon River
 - location Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
 - coordinates 3°08′00″S 59°54′30″W / 3.13333°S 59.90833°W / -3.13333; -59.90833Coordinates: 3°08′00″S 59°54′30″W / 3.13333°S 59.90833°W / -3.13333; -59.90833
Lenth 2,250 km (1,400 mi) [1]
Basin 691,000 km2 (267,000 sq mi)
Discharge for mooth
 - average 28,000 m3/s (988,800 cu ft/s) [2]
Cairt shawin the Rio Negro in the Amazon Basin

The Rio Negro (Portuguese: Rio Negro [ˈʁi.u nɛɡɾu]; Spaingie: Río Negro [ˈri.o ˈneɣɾo] "Black River") is the lairgest left tributary o the Amazon, the lairgest blackwatter river in the warld, an ane o the warld's ten lairgest rivers in average discharge.

References

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  1. 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. Retrieved 14 Mairch 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  2. Seyler, Patrick; Laurence Maurice-Bourgoin; Jean Loup Guyot. "Hydrological Control on the Temporal Variability of Trace Element Concentration in the Amazon River and its Main Tributaries". Geological Survey of Brazil (CPRM). Archived frae the original on 21 Julie 2011. Retrieved 24 Julie 2010.