Ituí River

The Ituí River is a river of the upper Amazon Basin. It traverses some 370 km of the Atalaia do Norte municipality in the Amazonas state of north-western Brazil. It drains a very low gradient, dropping hardly 100 m over its whole extent, which results in extensive meandering. The Rio Negro, Beija-flor and Branquinho are some of its western tributaries, while the Rio Novo is its main eastern tributary. Downstream it joins the Itaquai River to form the upper Solimões.

Ituí River
Location
CountryBrazil
StateAmazonas
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSierra del Divisor
  coordinates7°5′4.8372″S 72°34′7.4028″W
  elevation198 m (650 ft)
MouthJavary River
  location
Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas
  coordinates
4°22′19″S 70°11′31″W
  elevation
62 m (203 ft)
Length480 km (300 mi)[1] to 558 km (347 mi)[2]
Basin size43,035 km2 (16,616 sq mi)[3] to 43,403.1 km2 (16,758.0 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
  locationAtalaia do Norte (near mouth)
  average(Period: 1970–2000)2,322.6 m3/s (82,020 cu ft/s)[2] (Period: 1979–2015)2,422.1 m3/s (85,540 cu ft/s)[3]
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftRio Negro, Branquinho, Quixito
  rightNovo, Itaquai

See also

References

  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 from the original on 8 November 2014.
  2. "Middle Amazon".
  3. "PLANO ESTADUAL DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO AMAZONAS, (PERH/AM) - RT 03 - DIAGNÓSTICO, PROGNÓSTICO E CENÁRIOS FUTUROS DO RECURSOS HÍDRICOS DO ESTADO - TOMO III" (PDF). Jan 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2023-02-11.

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