Tapauá River
| Tapauá River | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Rio Tapauá (Portuguese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Purus River |
• coordinates | 5°46′42″S 64°23′58″W / 5.778300°S 64.399372°W |
| Length | 640 km (400 mi) |
| Basin size | 63,185 km2 (24,396 sq mi) 63,164.6 km2 (24,388.0 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Confluence of Purus, Amazonas State |
| • average | 2,135 m3/s (75,400 cu ft/s) 1,840.899 m3/s (65,010.7 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Purus River |
The Tapauá River (Portuguese: Rio Tapauá) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Purus River.
The river flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.