Purus River [SEP] continent
Purus River
The Purus River or Rio Purús is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is , and the mean discharge is 8,400 m³/s. The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park as well as the Purús Province (and its conformed Purús District), one of the four provinces of Peru in the Ucayali Region.
Geography.
The Purus River rises in Peru.
It defines the boundary between Peru and Brazil in the centre of the state of Acre,
Ipixuna River (Purus River)
The Ipixuna River () is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.
Ir is a tributary of the Purus River.
The Ipixuna River flows from south to north through the Tapauá State Forest, created in 2009, before joining the Purus river from the right at Tapauá.
The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches.
It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus.
See also.
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