Bermejo
Bermejo is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- -24.48°, -61.57°
About Bermejo
The Bermejo River (Spanish, Río Bermejo meaning Red River) is a river in South America that flows from Bolivia to the Paraguay River in Argentina. The river is generally called Bermejo in spite of its different names along its way, but it also has its own Native American names; in Wichí it is called Teuco, and in Guaraní it is called Ypitá. In the plains of Argentina's Gran Chaco the Bermejo forms wetlands and splits into two branches. The southern branch is the bed of the old Bermejo River, now an intermittent stream called Río Bermejito. The northern branch is now the main stem of the Bermejo and is called the Teuco River (Río Teuco), Bermejo Nuevo, or simply the Bermejo River. The two branches rejoin at 25°39′S 60°11′W, near Villa Río Bermejito, forming the Lower Bermejo River.
The Bermejo River is 1,060 kilometres (660 mi) long and has a drainage basin of 123,000 square kilometres (47,000 sq mi). Its mean annual discharge is irregular and varies between 20 cubic metres per second (710 cu ft/s) and 14,000 cubic metres per second (490,000 cu ft/s).
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Bermejo River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Bermejo: Key Facts
| Length | 1,060 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 340 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 133,000 km² |
| Mouth | Paraguay River |
| Drainage system | Río de la Plata Basin |
| Tributaries | Río Grande de Tarija, Pescado River, Río Teuco, San Francisco River, Lipeo River, Río Bermejito |
Facts from Wikidata Q270467 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Bermejo: Quick Answers
- Where is Bermejo?
- Bermejo is located in Argentina and Bolivia, at 24.4816° S, 61.5735° W.
- Are there dams on the Bermejo?
- No dam on the Bermejo is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.