The Espíritu Santo River is a Bolivian

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

in the

Cochabamba Department Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa Jach'a Suyu, es, Departamento de Cochabamba , qu, Quchapampa Suyu), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the ...

, Chapare Province, Villa Tunari Municipality.Villa Tunari Municipality
: population data and map showing Espíritu Santo River (unnamed) on its way from Mendoza to Villa Tunari It belongs to the

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River watershed. Espíritu Santo River originates in the Callejas mountains south west of

Villa Tunari Villa Tunari or Tunari is a location in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Villa Tunari Municipality, the third municipal section of the Chapare Province. According to the census 2012 the population was 3,213 in the ...

. At first it flows in a northeasterly direction, then it turns to the east towards

. In the east of the town it meets San Matéo River which comes from the south west. From the confluence the river is known as

Chapare River The Chapare River is a river in Bolivia, which is a tributary of the Mamoré River in the Amazon Basin. The river has its source at the confluence of Espíritu Santo River and San Mateo River in the Cochabamba Department at Villa Tunari. It ...

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San Matéo River San Matéo is a Bolivian river in the Cochabamba Department, Tiraque Province and in the Chapare Province, Villa Tunari Municipality.

and Espíritu Santo River confluence to form

References

lib.utexas.edu Detailed map of the area
* Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.

External links

* Rivers of Cochabamba Department {{Bolivia-river-stub

See also

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