This is a list of rivers in Bolivia.

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers longer than are in bold.

Rivers that reach the ocean

Amazon Basin

Madeira River The Madeira River ( pt, Rio Madeira, link=no ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is ...

*** Abuná River **** Río Negro ***** Pacahuaras River **** Mapiri River **** Rapirrán River **** Chipamanu River **** Xipamanu River ***

Beni River The Beni River ( es, Río Beni) is a river in the north of Bolivia. It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast. The Madre de Dios River is where its mouth is at. In the upper portion of its course it flows through highland forest and rainforest ...

including Alto Beni **** Orthon River *****

Tahuamanu River The Tahuamanu River is a river of Bolivia and Peru. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream ...

****** Muymano River ***** Mamuripi River ****** Manuripe River **** Madre de Dios River ***** Sena River ****** San Martín River ****** Manuripi River *****

Heath River The Heath River, which runs from the Andes surrounding Lake Titicaca northwards to the Madre de Dios River, marks the natural border between Peru and Bolivia. The Eja Sonene indigenous community lives in the area. They are an ethnic group belon ...

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Tambopata River The Tambopata River is a river in southeastern Peru and northwestern Bolivia. Most is in the Madre de Dios and Puno regions in Peru, but the upper parts of the river forms the border between Peru and Bolivia, and its origin is in La Paz departm ...

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Ivón River The Ivón River is a river of Bolivia. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rive ...

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Arroyo Verde Arroyo Verde is a creek of Bolivia. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers ...

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Madidi River Madidi () is a river located in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. It is tributary of the Beni River and a part of the Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon ...

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Esmeralda River The Esmeralda River is a river of Bolivia. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. ...

***** Claro River **** Tuichi River *****

Yariapo River The Yariapo River is a river of Bolivia. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Ri ...

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Pelechuco River The Pelechuco River is a river of Bolivia. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. ...

**** Quiquibey River **** Kaka River ***** Coroico River ****** Camata River ****** Zongo River ***** Mapiri River ****** Challana River ******

Tipuani River The Tipuani River is a river of Bolivia. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Ri ...

****** Atén River ****** Consata River ******* San Cristóbal River **** Boopi River ***** Tamapaya River ***** La Paz River ******

Choqueyapu River The Choqueyapu River, sometimes called the La Paz River, is a river in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. It belongs to the drainage basin of the Amazon. The river originates in a spring called Achachi Qala (Aymara: ''achachi'' border stone, old, g ...

**** Santa Elena River ***** Altamachi River **** Cotacajes River ***** Río Negro ***** Sacambaya River ****** Amutara River ****** Ayopaya River ******* Colquiri River ******* Leque River ******** Sayarani River ******** Tallija River *** Mamoré River including Mamorecillo **** Yata River ***** Benicito River **** Iténez (Guaporé) River *****

Itonomas River The Itonomas River is a river of Bolivia that flows through the departments of Santa Cruz and Beni. It is a part of the Amazon River basin. Course Originating near Concepción Lake at the confluence of the intermittent Quimome and Santa Maria ...

or San Miguel or San Julián or San Pablo ******

Machupo River The Machupo River is a river in Beni Department, Bolivia, a tributary of the Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Am ...

****** Quizer River ******

Parapetí River The Parapetí River is a river in Bolivia that has its source on the eastern side the Andes, flows through the Gran Chaco of Bolivia and ends in the marshes of the Bañados de Izozog depression. The drainage basin is 25,300 km2, and with the ...

usually ends in the Bañados de Izozog depression ******* Cañón Verde River ****** Santa Bárbara River ***** Río Blanco or Baures or Agua Caliente ****** San Martin River ******* Negro River or San Joaquin ******* San Simón River ***** Paraguá River ****** San Ramón River ****** Tarvo River *****

Verde River The Verde River ( Yavapai: Haka'he:la) is a major tributary of the Salt River in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is about long and carries a mean flow of at its mouth. It is one of the largest perennial streams in Arizona. Description The ...

***** Paucerna River **** San Agustín River **** Yacuma River ***** Rápulo River ****** Maniqui River *****

San Geronimo River The San Geronimo River is a river in Bolivia. See also * List of rivers of Bolivia References *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. Rivers of Chuquisaca Department {{Bolivia-river-stub ...

***** Bio River **** Apere River ***** Matos River ***** Curico River **** Tijamuchi River **** Ibare River **** Isiboro River ***** Sécure River ****** Ichoa River ****** Chipiriri River ***** Tayota River ****

Río Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio ...

or Guapay ***** Yapacaní River ****** Palacios River ****** Alturas del Yapacaní River ****** Surutú River ***** Paila River ***** Piray River ******

Bermejo River The Bermejo River (Spanish, Río Bermejo) is a river in South America that flows from Bolivia to the Paraguay River in Argentina. The river is generally called Bermejo in spite of its different names along its way, but it also has its own Nativ ...

****** Piojeras River ***** Azero River *****

Mizque River The Mizque River (Quechua language, Quechua ''misk'i'' sweet) is a river of Bolivia in the Cochabamba Department. It is a tributary of Río Grande (Bolivia), Río Grande. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia Further reading

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****** Julpe River ***** Tomina River ***** Charobamba River ***** Chico River ***** San Pedro River ******

Chayanta River The Chayanta River is a river in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. See also *List of rivers of Bolivia This is a list of rivers in Bolivia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under ea ...

***** Caine River ****** Arque River ****** Rocha River **** Chapare River ***** Espíritu Santo River *****

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

**** Ichilo River includes Alto Ichilo ***** Useuta River ***** Choré River ***** Ibabo River ***** Chimoré River ***** Sacta River ***** Víbora River *****

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

***** Moija River ** ''

Purus River The Purus River (Portuguese: ''Rio Purus''; Spanish: ''Río Purús'') is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is , and the mean annual discharge is . The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park and ...

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Acre River The Acre River (called Aquiry in the local Iñapari language; locally, ''Rio Acre'') is a long river in central South America. Course The river is born in Peru, and runs North-Eastwards, forming part of the border between Peru and Brazil and the ...

La Plata Basin LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

* ''Paraná River'' (Argentina) **

Paraguay River The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. It flows about from its headwaters i ...

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**** Río Grande de Tarija ***** Itaú River ***** Tarija River ****** Salinas River ****** Camacho River ******

Guadalquivir River The Guadalquivir (, also , , ) is the fifth-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula and the second-longest river with its entire length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is the only major navigable river in Spain. Currently it is navigable from the Gul ...

*** Pilcomayo River ****

Pilaya River Pilcomayo (in Hispanicized spelling) (Quechua Pillkumayu or Pillku Mayu, ''pillku'' red, ''mayu'' river, "red river", Guarani Ysyry Araguay ) is a river in central South America. At long, it is the longest western tributary of the Paraguay River ...

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San Juan del Oro River The San Juan del Oro River is a river in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. See also * Río Grande de San Juan The Río Grande de San Juan is a river of Argentina. See also *List of rivers of Argentina This is a list of rivers of Argentina. ...

****** Tupiza River ****** Tumusla River ******* Yura River ******** Callama River ******** San Juan River ******* Qaysa River ******* Cotagaita River ******** Río Blanco ******* Camargo River ***** Inka Wasi River ***

usually ends in the Bañados de Izozog depression *** Bamburral River or Negro **** Tucavaca River **** San Rafael River *** Curiche Grande River **** Río de la Fortuna

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...

* ''Loa River'' (Chile) ** ''San Pedro de Inacaliri River'' (Chile) ***

Silala River The Silala or SiloliApplication
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Endorheic basin An endorheic basin (; also spelled endoreic basin or endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but drainage converges instead into lakes ...
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Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet. The plateau is located at the ...

Poopó Lake

* Desaguadero River ** Mauri River **

Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca (; es, Lago Titicaca ; qu, Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, i ...

*** Suches River * Márquez River

Lake Coipasa or Salar de Coipasa

* Laq'a Jawira * Lauca River ** Sajama River * Sabaya River

Salar de Uyuni

* Puka Mayu * Río Grande de Lipez * Río Colorado

References

*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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