Mamoré River

Amazon Basin, Rio Mamoré marked in purple

Río Mamoré

Río Mamoré

The Mamoré is the right source of the river Río Madeira, the largest tributary of the Amazon in South America. The Mamoré is equipped with a water flow of about 8,200 m² / s and a length of around 1930 km of one of the largest rivers of Bolivia, which arises from the confluence of Ichilo and Chapare. The Rio Grande is the longest right tributary, and is also considered a source river.

River course

The Mamoré rises on the northern slopes of the Cordillera de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba. As the main flow and the Chimoré comes into question, which flows in Puerto Villaroel in the Ichilo, a few kilometers before its junction with the Rio Chapare. From here the river is called Mamoré. About 20 km after the confluence of flows from the right to the comparatively small amount of water leading Río Grande, which is often referred to as laminar flow because of its great length. The Mamoré now flows past Trinidad. On the border with Brazil flowing to the Rio Guaporé. At Villa Bella, the Río Mamoré combined with about 8% water-rich Río Beni to Madeira, the largest tributary of the Amazon.

Tributaries

One of the biggest inflows include ( downstream ):

• Río Grande ( right)
• Secure ( left)
• Tijamuchi (left)
• Snow-free (left)
• Yacuma (left)
• Guaporé (right)
• Yata (left)

Navigability

The navigability of the Mamoré ranges from Chimoré at the foot of the Andes chain to a few kilometers before its junction with the Beni by the local rapids. Below the cataracts ends 380 km long Madeira - Mamore Railway. Also, most of the tributaries are navigable for long distances.

References

• Franz Keller: The Amazon and Madeira Rivers, (New York, 1874)
• Edward D. Mathews: Up the Amazon and Madeira Rivers (London, 1879).