Jamanxim River | |
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Native name | Rio Jamanxim (Portuguese) |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Serra do Cachimbo, Pará |
• elevation | 460 m (1,510 ft) |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 4°45′23″S 56°26′15″W / 4.756260°S 56.437500°W |
• elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
Length | 510 km (320 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 58,771 km2 (22,692 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near mouth |
• average | (Period: 1971–2000)2,217.9 m3/s (78,320 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Tapajós → Amazon → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Tapajós |
The Jamanxim River is a river of Pará state in north-central Brazil. Originating in the Serra do Cachimbo, it is a tributary of the Tapajós, into which it flows a few kilometers upstream from Itaituba.