Uaupés
Uaupés 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
- 0.62°, -69.22°
About Uaupés
Vaupés River (Uaupés River) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. It rises in the Vaupes Department of Colombia, flowing east through Vaupés Department. It forms part of the international border between the Vaupés department of Colombia and the Amazonas state of Brazil. On the border it merges with the Papurí River and becomes known as the Uaupés. In 1847 an explorer saw a rapid which hurled its waves 12 or 15 metres (40 or 50 ft) in the air, "as if great subaqueous explosions were taking place." The river continues eastwards through the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory until it flows into the Rio Negro at São Joaquim, Amazonas.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Vaupés River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Uaupés: Key Facts
| Length | 1,050 km |
|---|---|
| Drainage basin | 64,890 km² |
| Mouth | Rio Negro |
| Drainage system | Amazon basin |
| Tributaries | Papurí River |
Facts from Wikidata Q14290 (CC0).
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Water Bodies in the Catchment
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Surrounding Terrain
Uaupés: Quick Answers
- Where is Uaupés?
- Uaupés is located in Brazil and Colombia, at 0.6243° N, 69.2164° W.
- Are there dams on the Uaupés?
- No dam on the Uaupés is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.