Aripuanã
Aripuanã is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- -7.26°, -60.66°
About Aripuanã
Aripuanã River (Portuguese: Rio Aripuanã) is a river in the Mato Grosso and Amazonas states in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. The town of Novo Aripuanã is located on its banks where it merges into the Madeira River. The town of Aripuanã is also on its banks, but on the upper (southern) section of the river.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Aripuanã River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Aripuanã in Depth
Course
In Mato Grosso to the south of the border with Amazonas the river defines the western boundary of the 227,817-hectare (562,950-acre) Igarapés do Juruena State Park, created in 2002.
To the north of the Amazonas border it flows through the 224,291 hectares (554,240 acres) Aripuanã Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2005.
Further north in Amazonas the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230) crosses the Aripuanã.
North of the highway the river flows through the 751,302-hectare (1,856,510-acre) Aripuanã National Forest, a sustainable development unit created in 2016 in the last week before the provisional removal of president Dilma Rousseff.
It then flows through the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve before meeting the Madeira.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Aripuanã River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Aripuanã: Key Facts
| Length | 870 km |
|---|---|
| Drainage basin | 146,257 km² |
| Mouth | Madeira River |
| Drainage system | Amazon basin |
| Tributaries | Roosevelt River, Arauá River, Branco River, Guariba River, Guaribe River, Juma River |
Facts from Wikidata Q1436100 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Aripuanã: Quick Answers
- Where is Aripuanã?
- Aripuanã is located in Brazil, at 7.2609° S, 60.6591° W.
- Are there dams on the Aripuanã?
- No dam on the Aripuanã is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.