Purus River

E110709

The Purus River is a long, meandering river in western Brazil and eastern Peru that drains a vast area of Amazon rainforest and supports rich biodiversity and remote riverine communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Purus River canonical 4
Purus River basin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry Brazil
Peru
borderOf Brazil–Peru border
country Brazil
Peru
drainageBasin Amazon rainforest
flowsThrough Acre (state)
Amazonas
surface form: Amazonas (Brazilian state)

Madre de Dios Region
Ucayali Region
hasBiodiversity aquatic mammals
freshwater fish
turtles
waterfowl
hasCharacteristic highly meandering
low gradient
whitewater river
hasConservationIssue deforestation in basin
habitat fragmentation risk
overfishing risk
hasEcosystemType flooded forest
igapó
várzea
hasTributary Acre River
Iaco River
Ituxi River
Mamu River
Pauini River
locatedIn Amazon Basin
South America
eastern Peru
Mato Grosso region of Brazil
surface form: western Brazil
mouthLocation confluence with Solimões River
near Manaus
mouthOf Amazon River
namedAfter Purus (indigenous term)
partOf Amazon River
surface form: Amazon River system

Amazon rainforest
sourceLocation Peru
supports indigenous communities
rich biodiversity
riverine communities
tributaryOf Amazon River
usedFor river transport
small-scale agriculture
subsistence fishing

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amazon River majorTributary Purus River
Amazon Basin hasPart Purus River
this entity surface form: Purus River basin
Apurinã language spokenAlong Purus River
Acre River mouthOf Purus River
Acre River tributaryOf Purus River