Ichilo River

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Rio Ichilo is the right source of the river Río Mamoré which the Amazon flows through the Rio Madeira. He is a Bolivian river at the foot of the eastern Andean Cordillera in South America.

Course

The Río Ichilo rises in the province of Manuel Maria Caballero in the Department of Santa Cruz, at an altitude of 2437 m, at the foothills of the Serranía Racete, and there carries the name " Alto Ichilo " ( Upper Ichilo ).

Later, after the union with the Río San Matéo, he then gets his actual name, Ichilo. After the town of Puerto Villarroel him the Chimoré flows to, which is often counted as the headwaters of the Mamoré because of its high amount of water. Now the Ichilo flows almost due north, and for a while it forms the border between the departments of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. Finally, it unites near Puerto Aurora with the Chapare to Mamoré.

Water management

From its source to its confluence with the Amazon, the entire stream has a length of 2455 km. On the Ichilo even be allotted 632 km with a catchment area of ​​15,660 km ². It reaches its maximum depth below the town of Puerto Villarroel at kilometer 100 with 18.6 m, its maximum width of 420 m at 75 km The Ichilo is one of the most water-rich rivers of Bolivia.

Tributaries

Among the most important tributaries of the Ichilo include:

• Río San Matéo (left)
• Río Ichoa (left)
• Río Víbora (right)
• Río Sajta (left)
• Río Ivirgarsama (left)
• Chimoré (left)
• Río Choré (right)
• Río Useuta (left)

Colonization

The Río Ichilo flows west past the million city of Santa Cruz, on its banks there is the town of Puerto Villaroel