Branco River

Branco River
Branco River
	Branco River in Boa Vista city, Roraima state, Brazil. The Macuxi Bridge, 1.2 km (0.75 mi) long, can be seen in the background.
	The Branco River is a tributary of the Rio Negro (highlighted on map)
Native name	Rio Branco (Portuguese)
Location
Country	Brazil
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	confluence of Takutu and Uraricoera, Roraima, Brazil
• coordinates	3°1′28.5276″N 60°29′14.8596″W / 3.024591000°N 60.487461000°W
• elevation	64 m (210 ft)
2nd source
• location	Uraricoera, Parima Mountains
• coordinates	3°41′42.2484″N 64°12′36.018″W / 3.695069000°N 64.21000500°W
• elevation	1,240 m (4,070 ft)
3rd source
• location	Takutu, Guiana Shield
• coordinates	1°47′48.6492″N 60°1′38.2656″W / 1.796847000°N 60.027296000°W
• elevation	306 m (1,004 ft)
Mouth
• location	Rio Negro, Roraima, Brazil
• coordinates	1°23′38″S 61°50′46″W / 1.39389°S 61.84611°W
• elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Length	560 km (350 mi) to 775 km (482 mi)
Basin size	192,392.66 km2 (74,283.22 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Confluence of Rio Negro, Roraima
• average	(Period:1967-2010)5,400 m3/s (190,000 cu ft/s) (Period: 1980-2006)5,300 m3/s (190,000 cu ft/s) (Period: 1998-2022)6,469 m3/s (228,500 cu ft/s)
• minimum	278 m3/s (9,800 cu ft/s)
• maximum	28,697 m3/s (1,013,400 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Caracaraí (400 km upstream of mouth; Basin size: 124,980 km2 (48,260 sq mi)
• average	(Period: 1997/01/01-2015/12/31) 3,170.343 m3/s (111,959.6 cu ft/s) (Period: 1998-2022)3,615.65 m3/s (127,685 cu ft/s)
• minimum	178 m3/s (6,300 cu ft/s) (1998/03/24)
• maximum	15,735 m3/s (555,700 cu ft/s) (1976/07/10)
Discharge
• location	Boa Vista (Basin size: 97,200 km2 (37,500 sq mi)
• average	(Period: 1967-2010)2,436.76 m3/s (86,053 cu ft/s) (Period: 1998-2022)3,129.97 m3/s (110,534 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Takutu, Anauá, Itapará
• right	Uraricoera, Mucajai, Ajarani, Univini, Catrimani, Xeruini

The Branco River (Portuguese: Rio Branco; Engl: White River) is the principal affluent of the Rio Negro from the north.