Ituxi River

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Ituxi River
Ituxi River is located in Brazil
Ituxi River
Native nameRio Ituxi (Portuguese)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Purus River
 • coordinates
7°18′37″S 64°51′17″W / 7.310352°S 64.854817°W / -7.310352; -64.854817
Length640 km (400 mi)
Basin size43,676 km2 (16,863 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationConfluence of Purus, Amazonas State
 • average1,263 m3/s (44,600 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftIquiri River

Ituxi River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Purus River.

Course

The Ituxi River is 640 kilometres (400 mi) in length.[3] It originates near Acrelândia in the state of Acre. It is a blackwater river that flows through the 776,940 hectares (1,919,900 acres) Ituxi Extractive Reserve, created in 2008, in a northeast direction.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "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 2022-04-04.
  2. ^ "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 2022-04-04.
  3. ^ 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 21 October 2013.
  4. ^ RESEX Ituxi (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30


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