Tumbes
Tumbes 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
- -4.39°, -80.26°
About Tumbes
The Tumbes River (Spanish: Río Tumbes or Río Túmbez in Peru; Río Puyango in Ecuador), is a river in South America. The river's sources are located between Ecuadorian El Oro and Loja provinces. It is the border between El Oro and Loja, and afterwards the border between Loja and the Tumbes Region in Peru. At its confluence with the Cazaderos stream, it enters the northern coastal region of Peru called the Tumbes Region, and flows into the Pacific Ocean outside the Gulf of Guayaquil. The largest city on its banks is Tumbes, Peru.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Tumbes River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Tumbes: Key Facts
| Length | 200 km |
|---|---|
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
Facts from Wikidata Q3236437 (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
Tumbes: Quick Answers
- Where is Tumbes?
- Tumbes is located in Ecuador and Peru, at 4.3866° S, 80.2562° W.
- Are there dams on the Tumbes?
- No dam on the Tumbes is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.