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The Madre de Dios River (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ðe ðjos]) is a river shared by Bolivia and Peru which is homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through. On Bolivian territory, it receives the Beni River, close to the town of Riberalta, which later joins with the Mamore River to become the Madeira River after the confluence.
Notable rivers in the Madre de Dios River watershed are the Inambari, Tambopata, Manu, Tahuamanu, Las Piedras (also known as Tacuatimanu River), Heath, Acre and Los Amigos. Due to the vast size of the area and its low population density, rivers provide the best way of getting from one town to another. Human activity is invariably confined to ...
The dockside and ferry across the Madre de Dios River. A ferry used to cross the river, linking the main road from Cusco to the towns of San Lorenzo, Iberia and Iñapari. The river ferry has been supplanted by a new bridge (the 750-metre long Continental Bridge, formerly Billinghurst, [10] see below) but it still serves many locals. As the cost ...
The Piedras is the longest tributary of the 1,347 km long Madre de Dios River and more than 99 percent of its drainage is in the Amazon lowlands, below 400 meters. [5] The capital of the Las Piedras District is the town of Planchón, which is located in the province Tambopata in the Madre de Dios Department [6]
Get the Inambari River, Madre de Dios local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The Manu is a tributary to the 1,347 km long Madre de Dios River, which downriver joins the Madeira River, and ultimately the Amazon River. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this area of what was organized as the Madre de Dios region was exploited for the production of rubber during the rubber boom , with workers brought in by ...
The Tambopata is a tributary of the Madre de Dios River, into which it merges at the city of Puerto Maldonado. The river flows through the Tambopata National Reserve. Seven types of flooded forest are recognized for this Reserve: [2] Permanently waterlogged swamp forests are former oxbow lakes still flooded but covered in forest.
Madre de Dios River. Sena River. San Martín River; Manuripi River; ... San Pedro de Inacaliri River (Chile) Silala River; Endorheic basins in the Altiplano. Poopó Lake