Trombetas River | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
State | Pará |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of Anamu River and Poana River (parts of Anamu sometimes included in the Trombetas on maps, in which case Poana is a right tributary) |
• location | Pará, Brazil |
Mouth | Amazon River |
• location | Pará, Brazil |
• coordinates | 1°52′52″S 55°38′10″W / 1.88111°S 55.63611°W |
Length | 760 km (470 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 135,238 km2 (52,216 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• average | 3,437 m3/s (121,400 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Paru de Oeste River (Erepecuru River/Cuminá River) |
• right | Mapuera River, Cachorro River |
The Trombetas is a large river on the northern side of the Amazon River.