Rivers in Brazil

About the Rivers of Brazil

The 33 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.

Amazon River

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river in the world by discharge volume of water, and the second-longest or longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Aripuanã

Aripuanã River is a river in the Mato Grosso and Amazonas states in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. The town of Novo Aripuanã is located on its banks where it merges into the Madeira River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Corumba

The Corumbá River is the most important river in the Central Plateau region of Brazil. Its source is in the Montes de Pireneus, near Pirenópolis, state of Goiás, near the boundary with the Federal District and its length is 567 km. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Culuene

The Culuene River, or Kuluene River is a 600 km tributary of Xingu River in Mato Grosso, a state in western Brazil. The main economic activities in the region are agriculture and cattle farming. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Doce

The Doce River is a river in southeast Brazil with a length of 853 kilometres. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Guainía

The Rio Negro, or Guainía as it is known in its upper part, is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River, the largest blackwater river in the world, and one of the world's ten largest rivers by average discharge. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Guaporé

Guaporé River is a river in western Brazil and northeastern Bolivia. It is 1,260 km long; 920 km of the river forms the border between Brazil and Bolivia. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gurupi

The Gurupi River is a river in north-central Brazil that forms the boundary between Maranhão and Pará states. The Gurupi rises in the low hills that separate its basin from that of the Tocantins River to the south, and flows north into the Atlantic Ocean. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ibicuí

The Ibicuí River is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil. The Ibicuí is 290 km in length, and is the main tributary of the Uruguay River. It is formed by the confluence of the Ibicuí-Mirim River and Santa Maria River at the city of Cacequi. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Iriri

The Iriri River is a large tributary of the Xingu River in Brazil, in the state of Pará. It is 1,300 km long making it the 116th longest river in the world and the 15th longest in the Amazon basin. The headwaters are the traditional home of the Panará people. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ivaí

The Ivaí River is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraná River. Its official spelling is Ivaí, with variants including Ivahy and Ival. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Japurá

The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a 2,820 kilometres long river in the Amazon basin. It rises in Colombia and flows eastward through Brazil to join the Amazon River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jari

The Jari River, or Jary River, is a northern tributary of the Amazon River on the border between the states of Pará and Amapá in northeastern Brazil. It is in the most downstream regions of the Amazon Basin and borders the Guiana Highlands and the Guianas to the northwest. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Javari

The Javary River, Javari River or Yavarí River is a 1,184 km tributary of the Amazon that forms the boundary between Brazil and Peru for more than 500 km. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jequitinhonha

The Jequitinhonha River flows mainly through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its source lies near Diamantina in the Espinhaço Mountains at an elevation of 1,200 metres, after which it flows northward and then east-northeastward across the uplands. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jiparaná

The Ji-Paraná River, sometimes spelled Jiparaná, is a river in Rondônia state in western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. For much of its length it runs roughly parallel with the northeastern state border of Rondônia. The city of Ji-Paraná is divided by the river. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Juruena

The Juruena River is a 1,240 km long river in west-central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Maicuru

The Maicuru River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon that discharges into that river via the Lago Grande de Monte Alegre. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mearim

The Mearim River is a river in Maranhão state of northern Brazil. The river originates in the southern part of Maranhão, and drains north into the Baía de São Marcos, an estuary that also receives the Pindaré and Grajaú rivers, which are sometimes considered tributaries of the Mearim. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Miranda

The Miranda River is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraguay River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Negro

The Río Negro is a river in southern Brazil and central Uruguay. It rises in the southern highlands of Brazil, just east of Bagé, and flows west across the entire width of Uruguay to the Uruguay River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Nhamundá

Nhamundá River or Jamundá River is a river in northern Brazil, which marks part of the northeastern boundary between states of Amazonas and Pará. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Paraná

The Paraná River is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some 4,880 kilometres. Among South American rivers, it is second in length only to the Amazon River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Paranaíba

The Paranaíba River is a Brazilian river whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains, municipality of Rio Paranaíba, at an altitude of 1,148 meters; on the other face of this mountain chain are the sources of the Abaeté river, tributary of the São Francisco River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Paranapanema

The Paranapanema River is one of the most important rivers of the interior of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The river forms most of the boundary between the states of São Paulo and Paraná. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Parnaíba

The Parnaíba River is a river in Brazil, which forms the border between the states of Maranhão and Piauí. Its main course is 1,400 km long and the Parnaíba River Basin covers 330,000 km2. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

São Francisco

The São Francisco River, known in English as the San Francisco River, is a large river in Brazil. With a length of 2,914 kilometres, it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Taquari

The Taquari River is a river in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil. It is a left tributary of the Paraguay River. The town of Coxim is situated on the Taquari. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tietê

The Tietê River is a Brazilian river in the state of São Paulo. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tocantins

The Tocantins River is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country. In the Tupi language, its name means "toucan's beak". It runs from south to north for about 2,450 km. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Uaupés

Vaupés River is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. It rises in the Vaupes Department of Colombia, flowing east through Vaupés Department. It forms part of the international border between the Vaupés department of Colombia and the Amazonas state of Brazil. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Unini

The Unini River is a river located in the Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Xingu

The Xingu River is a 1,640 km river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)