The Tambopata River is a river in southeastern

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and northwestern

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. Most is in the Madre de Dios and

Puno Puno (Aymara and qu, Punu) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 140,839 (2015 estimate). The city was establish ...

regions in Peru, but the upper parts of the river forms the border between Peru and Bolivia, and its origin is in La Paz department in Bolivia. The Tambopata River is a tributary of the

Madre de Dios River The Madre de Dios River () is a river shared by Bolivia and Peru which is homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through. On Bolivian territory it receives the Beni River, close to the town of Riberalta, which later joins with the Mamore Rive ...

and merges into this river at the city of

Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado () is a city in southeastern Peru in the Amazon rainforest west of the Bolivian border, located at the confluence of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers. The latter river joins the Madeira River as a tributary of the Amazo ...

. The river flows through the

Tambopata National Reserve Tambopata National Reserve ( es, Reserva Nacional Tambopata) is a Peruvian nature reserve located in the southeastern region of Madre de Dios. It was established on September 4, 2000, by decree of President Alberto Fujimori. The reserve protects se ...

. Seven types of flooded forest are recognized for this Reserve: * Permanently waterlogged swamp forests are former

oxbow lake An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. In South Texas, oxbows left by the Rio Grande are called '' resacas''. In Australia, oxbow lakes are call ...

s still flooded but covered in forest. * Seasonally waterlogged swamp forests are oxbow lakes in the process of filling in. * Lower floodplain forest are the lowest floodplain locations with a recognizable forest. * Middle floodplain forests are tall occasionally flooded forests. * Upper floodplain forests are tall rarely flooded forests. * Old floodplain forests have been subjected to flooding within the last two hundred years. * Previous floodplain are now ''terra firme'', but were historically ancient floodplains.

References

Rivers of Peru Rivers of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Rivers of Madre de Dios Region Rivers of Puno Region {{Peru-river-stub