The Tefé River (Teffé River in early accounts; pt, Rio Tefé) is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or 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 drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Amazon River
The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.
The headwaters of t ...
(
Solimões section) in
Amazonas state in north-western
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
The Tefé River flows through the
Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.
It forms the eastern boundary of the
Tefé National Forest, created in 1989.
Immediately before merging into the Amazon, it forms Lake Tefé ( pt, Lago Tefé). The city of
Tefé is located on the banks of the lake. The Tefé River is a
blackwater river
A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. As vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black tea ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Amazonas
References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
Rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Tributaries of the Amazon River
Tefé
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