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Yapacaní River
The Yapacaní River is a river of Bolivia, part of the Amazon River basin. The river is a tributary of the Rio Grande. The river runs northwards through the Santa Cruz Department and joins the Mamoré River. Geography The Yapacaní River originates in the formations of the Amboró National Park and receives water from numerous rivers and tributary streams. It arises from the confluence of the Yapacaní and Surutú at . From this point the river flows northwest to its mouth in the Rio Grande at . The river forms the border between the municipalities of San Juan and Yapacaní, in Ichilo Province of the Santa Cruz Department. Today, the town of La Chancadora, which is located upstream, is threatened by the continuous flooding of the river, since it can be up to 2,600 ft (800m) wide in places. In 2005 work began on the river channeling the Yapacaní-Surutú. The Piray River is a major tributary. Economy The river Yapacaní has economic significance because of the potential m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
Santa Cruz () is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of , it is slightly smaller than Japan or the US state of Montana. It is located in the eastern part of the country, sharing borders in the north and east with Brazil and with Paraguay in the south. In the 2012 census, it reported a population of 3,412,921, making it the most populated department. The capital is the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The department is one of the wealthiest departments in Bolivia, with huge reserves of natural gas. Besides, it has experienced the highest increase of economic growth during the last 50 years in Bolivia and South America. Government and administration According to the current Constitution, the highest authority in the department lies with the governor. The former figure of prefect was appointed by the President of the Republic till 2005, when the prefect for the first time was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan De Yapacaní
San Juan de Yapacaní is a small town in Bolivia. San Juan de Yapacaní, officially San Juan, is a town and municipality in Bolivia, located in the province of Ichilo in the department of Santa Cruz. It is located 124 km northwest of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra on Route 4 on the bank of the Yapacaní River. The population is 9,191 inhabitants (Census 2012). The territorial extension is 1,620 km2 Along with the Okinawa Colony, it is one of the two Japanese colonies found in Bolivia. This town became a municipality in 2001 by Law No.2233 of the Republic of Bolivia, which was signed into law by Acting President Jorge Quiroga. Climate The climate is typical savannah to subtropical wet forest, where the annual average temperature of 24.1 °C is recorded (average maximum of 29.1 °C and average minimum of 19.4 °C). The average rainfall is 1,881 mm. In the wet season, precipitation is in the form of intense rain and lightning storms, while in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montero, Bolivia
Montero is a city and a municipality in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, about 50 km north of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Montero had a population of 137,931 as of 2020 and has experienced growth in recent decades, becoming an important city in the region. Montero has an elevation of about 300 meters above sea level and an average temperature of 23 °C (73.4 °F). The city is predominantly agricultural, producing soybeans, cotton, corn, and rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i .... References Populated places in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) {{SantaCruzBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichilo River
Ichilo River is a Bolivian river at the foot of the Eastern Andes-Cordillera in South America. It lends its name to the Ichilo Province, one of the 15 provinces of the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia. Location Ichilo River has its source in Manuel Maria Caballero Province in Santa Cruz Department at an elevation of 2,437 m at the foothills of the Racete range, where it is named ''Alto Ichilo'' (Upper Ichilo). In its course, after joining San Matéo, it is called Ichilo, flowing in a northerly direction, where it forms the border between the Cochabamba Department and the Santa Cruz Department. Flow Conditions From its source to the mouth into the Amazon the river has a total length of 2,455 km. Ichilo itself has a length of 632 km and a catchment area of 15,660 km². It has its maximum depth is 18.6 m, right below Puerto Villarroel at km 100, its maximum width is 420 m at km 75. Ichilo is one of the Bolivian rivers with a high amount of water. Tributaries T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piray River
The Piray River is a river of Bolivia. Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia ..., Bolivia's largest city by population, is located on this river. See also * List of rivers of Bolivia References *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. *National Geographic, Atlas of the World—9th Edition, 2010. Rivers of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) {{Bolivia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chancadora
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Ichilo Province
Ichilo is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the department's north-western parts. The province was founded by a decree of 8 April 1926 and is named after Río Ichilo which is forming the province border in the West. Location Ichilo Province is located between 15° 48' and 18° 00' South and between 63° 27' and 64° 50' West. It extends over 350 km from Northwest to Southeast, and up to 110 km from Southwest to Northeast. The province is situated in the Bolivian lowlands and borders Beni Department in the North, Cochabamba Department in the West, Manuel María Caballero Province in the Southwest, Florida Province in the South, Andrés Ibáñez Province in the Southeast, Sara Province in the East, and Ñuflo de Chávez Province in the Northeast. Population The population of Ichilo Province has increased by circa 80% over the recent two decades: *1992: 49,484 inhabitants (census) *2001: 70,444 inhabitants (census) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yapacaní
Yapacaní (or Villa Yapacaní) is the largest city in the province of Ichilo in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz. It lies on the west bank of the Yapacani River, at the mouth of the Surutú River, 100 km north-west of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city in Bolivia. It is the centre of the district of Yapacaní Municipio. Prior to its foundation on 23 August 1953, there was a military post called El Comando. In 1963, the road west from Montero stopped at the Yapacaní River. Previous efforts at bridge building were unsuccessful and the only way to get to Villa Busch, the administrative camp for the colony, was by boat. If the river was running high, it was necessary to delay crossing up to three or four days. The trip from Villa Busch to the colony was best made by foot as vehicles became bogged down and could not cross log foot bridges. In the last two decades the town's population has risen from 8,585 inhabitants ''(census 1992)'', to 14,665 ''(census 2001)' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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Amboró National Park
Amboró National Park in central Bolivia is a nature reserve with over 912 species of birds, over 177 mammalian species including puma, ocelot, and the rare spectacled bear. Covering an area of 4,425 km² (1,709 sq mi), it is protected from human settlements, hunting, mining and deforestation, though problems with all these still exist within the park. The Carrasco National Park is placed adjacent to Amboró, and together the two form a larger conservation unit. Description and geography Amboró National Park is in the western part of Santa Cruz Department, at the "Elbow of the Andes", where the eastern cordillera bends slightly westward from its northly course. Amboró National Park lies within the Central Andes bioregion and protects parts of several distinct ecoregions: Southwest Amazon moist forests, Dry Chaco, Bolivian montane dry forests, Chiquitano dry forests, and Yungas at higher elevations. The peculiar features of the geography of the Amboró park area determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamoré River
The Mamoré is a large river in Brazil and Bolivia which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is known as the Chimoré down to its junction with the Chapare. Its larger tributaries are the Chapare, Secure, Apere, and Yacuma from the west, and the Ichilo, Guapay, Ivari, Manique and Guapore from the east. Taking into account its length only, the Guapay should be considered the upper part of the Mamore; but it is shallow and obstructed, and carries a much smaller volume of water. The Guapore also rivals the Mamore in length and volume, having its source in the Parecis plateau, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a few miles from streams flowing north-ward to the Tapajos and Amazon, and southward to the Paraguay and Paraná rivers. The Mamore is interrupted by rapids a few miles above its junction with the Beni, but a railway 300 km long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
