Vaupés River (Uaupés River) is a

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the Rio Negro in

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. It rises in the Vaupes Department of

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, flowing east through

Vaupés Department Vaupés () is a departments of Colombia, department of southeastern Colombia in the Amazon rainforest, jungle covered Amazonía Region. It is located in the southeast part of the country, bordering Brazil to the east, the department of Amazonas ...

. It forms part of the international border between the Vaupés department of Colombia and the Amazonas state of

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. On the border it merges with the

Papurí River The Papurí River (, ) is a river in South America. It emerges in the Vaupés Department of Colombia and flows east, forming part of the international boundary between Colombia and the Amazonas state of Brazil Brazil, officially the Federat ...

and becomes known as the Uaupés. In 1847 an explorer saw a rapid which hurled its waves in the air, "as if great subaqueous explosions were taking place." The river continues eastwards through the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory until it flows into the Rio Negro at São Joaquim, Amazonas. Vaupés is a

blackwater river A blackwater river is a type of River#Classification, river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. Most major blackwater rivers are in the Amazon Basin and the Southern United States. The term is used in fluvial ...

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Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) Rivers of Colombia International rivers of South America Brazil–Colombia border Geography of Vaupés Department Geography of Guaviare Department Border rivers Tributaries of the Rio Negro (Amazon) {{Colombia-river-stub

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