Içana River

Içana River
Location
Countries	Brazil Colombia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Guainía Department, Colombia
• elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Mouth	Río Negro
• coordinates	0°29′N 67°20′W
• elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Length	580 km (360 mi)[1]
Basin size	35,675.3 km^2 (13,774.3 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• location	Amazonas state, Brazil (near mouth)
• average	2,278.9 m^3/s (80,480 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Aiari

Içana River (río Isana/rio Içana in Spanish and Portuguese) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. Its source is in the Guainía Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana River. From its source, it flows mostly east until it reaches the border between Colombia and Brazil, where the river forms a small part of the boundary between the two countries. From the border, it flows mostly southeast through Amazonas state until it joins the Rio Negro at Missão Boa Vista.

In Brazil, the river flows through the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory, which was created in 1998.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Amazonas

References

1. 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 8 November 2014.
2. "Rivers Network".
3. "Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro", Terras Indígenas no Brasil (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-03-04

• Brazilian Ministry of Transport