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Xingu River
Rio Xingu (Portuguese)
Xingu River from space, downstream section.
Map of the Amazon Basin with the Xingu River highlighted
Native nameByti (Kayapó)
Location
CountryBrazil
Physical characteristics
SourceCuluene and Sete de Setembro confluence
 • locationMato Grosso
 • coordinates12°55′29.7264″S 52°49′33.636″W / 12.924924000°S 52.82601000°W / -12.924924000; -52.82601000
 • elevation297 m (974 ft)
2nd sourceSete de Setembro
 • locationMato Grosso
 • coordinates14°10′13.6956″S 52°45′47.6496″W / 14.170471000°S 52.763236000°W / -14.170471000; -52.763236000
 • elevation477 m (1,565 ft)
3rd sourceCuluene
 • locationMato Grosso
 • coordinates14°46′50.0412″S 54°31′7.5324″W / 14.780567000°S 54.518759000°W / -14.780567000; -54.518759000
 • elevation753 m (2,470 ft)
MouthAmazon River
 • coordinates
1°31′37.8012″S 51°52′8.9616″W / 1.527167000°S 51.869156000°W / -1.527167000; -51.869156000
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length1,640 km (1,020 mi)[1]
Basin size520,292 km2 (200,886 sq mi) 513,313.5 km2 (198,191.5 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth, Pará State
 • average(Period: 1973–1990)9,680 m3/s (342,000 cu ft/s)[3] (Period: 1971–2000)10,022.6 m3/s (353,940 cu ft/s)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationAltamira, Pará State (Basin size: 449,493 km2 (173,550 sq mi)
 • average(Period: 1971–2000)8,345.8 m3/s (294,730 cu ft/s)[2] (Period: 1970–1996)8,665 m3/s (306,000 cu ft/s)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationBelo Horizonte, Pará State (Basin size: 277,265 km2 (107,053 sq mi)
 • average(Period: 1971–2000)5,234.1 m3/s (184,840 cu ft/s)[2] (Period: 1970–1996)5,324 m3/s (188,000 cu ft/s)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationSão Félix do Xingu, Pará State (Basin size: 250,626 km2 (96,767 sq mi)
 • average(Period: 1971–2000)4,660.3 m3/s (164,580 cu ft/s)[2] (Period: 1970–1996)4,627 m3/s (163,400 cu ft/s)[4]
Basin features
ProgressionAmazon → Atlantic Ocean
River systemAmazon
Tributaries 
 • leftCuluene, Curisevo, Tamitatoale, Ronuro, Manissauá-Miçu, Iriri, Pardo, Jaraucu
 • rightSete de Setembro, Suia-Miçu, Liberdade, Fresco, Bacaja, Comandante Fontoura River

The Xingu River (/ʃiːŋˈɡuː/ sheeng-GOO; Portuguese: Rio Xingu, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃĩˈɡu]; Mẽbêngôkre: Byti, [bɯˈti][5]: 73 ) is a 1,640 km (1,020 mi)[1] river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin,[6] accounting for about 5% of its water.[7]

  1. ^ a b Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Amazon".
  3. ^ Théry, Hervé; Maurence, Pascale (1997). HYDROLOGIE DU BASSIN AMAZONIEN (PDF). ISBN 2-7011-1532-9.
  4. ^ a b c Michael, T. Coe; Marcos, Heil Costa; Aurélie, Botta; Charon, Birkett (23 August 2002). "Long-term simulations of discharge and floods in the Amazon Basin". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.549.3854.
  5. ^ Passos, João Lucas Moraes (2018). Caminhos mẽbêngôkre: andando, nomeando, sentando sobre a terra (Ph.D. dissertation). Brasília: Universidade de Brasília.
  6. ^ Perez, M.S. "Where the Xingu Bends and Will Soon Break". American Scientist. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Waters". Amazon Waters. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

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