Surutú River

The Río Surutú at the foot of Parque Nacional Amboró

Location of Río Yapacaní ( river mouth of the Río Surutú ) in the Amazon lowlands

The Río Surutú is a river in the department of Santa Cruz in the South American Andes State of Bolivia and part of the river system of the Amazon.

Course

The Río Surutú has its origins in the National Park Amboró and on the first 36 kilometers, ie the name Quebrada Surutú ( Spanish " quebrada " = brook ), and contributes from its junction with the Rio Colorado / Quebrada Blanco on the following 89 kilometers of the name Río Surutú to its mouth. The Surutú rises in the municipality of El Torno in the province of Andrés Ibáñez in the National Park Amboró ( Parque Nacional Amboró ), then the river for about a quarter of its total length, forms the northern boundary of the National Park.

The Quebrada Surutú rises at an altitude of 1630 m on the southeast edge of the Sierra Mataracu. The Quebrada Surutú flows mainly in a north-easterly direction, crosses the western part of the municipality of Porongo (formerly municipality of Ayacucho ) in the province of Andres Ibañez and has several impressive waterfalls in this course on. After its union with the Quebrada Blanca the Río Surutú flows in a northwesterly direction, leaving the province Andres Ibañez and crosses in its middle reaches of the northern part of the municipality of Buenavista in the Province Ichilo to finally after a total of 125 kilometers in the municipality of Yapacaní the Río Alturas del Yapacaní ( Upper Yapacaní ) to unite the Río Yapacaní.

Inflows

From Vorandenkette the Sierra Mataracu the Río Surutú is fed by several tributaries, of which the most important of the Río Colorado, the Rio Semayo, the Río Cheyo and the Río Saguayo are.