Gurupi
Gurupi 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
- -3.21°, -46.77°
About Gurupi
The Gurupi River is a river in north-central Brazil that forms the boundary between Maranhão and Pará states. The Gurupi rises in the low hills that separate its basin from that of the Tocantins River to the south, and flows north into the Atlantic Ocean. The Serra do Tiracambu lies to the east, and separates the basin of the Gurupi from that of the Pindaré River.
Part of the basin lies in the 271,197 hectares (670,140 acres) Gurupi Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1988. The average annual rainfall is 2,169 millimetres (85.4 in).
Temperatures range from 22 to 32 °C (72 to 90 °F) with an average of 27 °C (81 °F).
The Gurupi basin is home to tropical moist broadleaf forest, and lies within the Tocantins–Araguaia–Maranhão moist forest ecoregion.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Gurupí River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Gurupi: Key Facts
| Length | 720 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 481 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 35,000 km² |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
Facts from Wikidata Q2500257 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
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Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Gurupi: Quick Answers
- Where is Gurupi?
- Gurupi is located in Brazil, at 3.2074° S, 46.7684° W.
- Are there dams on the Gurupi?
- No dam on the Gurupi is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.