Jiparaná
Jiparaná 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
- -10.42°, -61.79°
About Jiparaná
The Ji-Paraná River (Machado 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.
Part of the river's basin is covered by the 221,218 hectares (546,640 acres) Jacundá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit.
Part of the basin is in the 346,861 hectares (857,110 acres) Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1984.
The river forms the southern boundary in Rondônia of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that holds an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Ji-Paraná River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Jiparaná: Key Facts
| Mouth | Madeira River |
|---|---|
| Drainage system | Amazon basin |
| Tributaries | Jaru River, Machadinho River |
Facts from Wikidata Q386983 (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
Jiparaná: Quick Answers
- Where is Jiparaná?
- Jiparaná is located in Brazil, at 10.4160° S, 61.7874° W.
- Are there dams on the Jiparaná?
- No dam on the Jiparaná is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.