vaupés, river, uaupés, river, tributary, negro, south, america, rises, guaviare, department, colombia, flowing, east, through, guaviare, vaupés, departments, forms, part, international, border, between, vaupés, department, colombia, amazonas, state, brazil, bo. Vaupes River Uaupes River is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America It rises in the Guaviare Department of Colombia flowing east through Guaviare and Vaupes Departments It forms part of the international border between the Vaupes department of Colombia and the Amazonas state of Brazil On the border it merges with the Papuri River and becomes known as the Uaupes 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 3 The river continues on east through the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory until it flows into the Rio Negro at Sao Joaquim Amazonas 4 Vaupes is a blackwater river Vaupes RiverUaupes RiverVaupes Uaupes is in the upper left sectionLocationCountriesBrazilColombiaPhysical characteristicsSource locationGuaviare Department Colombia coordinates2 9 1 N 72 57 13 W 2 15028 N 72 95361 W 2 15028 72 95361 approximately elevation360 m 1 180 ft MouthRio Negro coordinates0 02 3 06 N 67 16 50 16 W 0 0341833 N 67 2806000 W 0 0341833 67 2806000 elevation67 m 220 ft Length1 050 km 650 mi 1 Basin size64 370 4 km2 24 853 6 sq mi 2 Discharge locationAmazonas Brazil near mouth average4 344 9 m3 s 153 440 cu ft s 2 Discharge locationTaracua Amazonas average2 757 3 m3 s 97 370 cu ft s 2 Discharge locationUaracu Amazonas average2 452 7 m3 s 86 620 cu ft s 2 Discharge locationMitu Vaupes Colombia average1 232 4 m3 s 43 520 cu ft s 2 Basin featuresTributaries rightPapuri TiquieSee also EditList of rivers of AmazonasReferences Edit 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 8 November 2014 a b c d e Rivers Network Discoveries and Explorations Charles G D Roberts 1905 p 224 Terra Indigena Alto Rio Negro Terras Indigenas no Brasil in Portuguese ISA Instituto Socioambiental retrieved 2017 03 04External links EditBrazilian Ministry of Transport 0 02 03 N 67 16 50 W 0 0341833 N 67 2806 W 0 0341833 67 2806 This article related to a river in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in Colombia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vaupes River amp oldid 1139910486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
