Mamoré

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Mamoré

 

a river in South America (chiefly in Bolivia). It joins the Beni River to form the Madeira River of the Amazon system. Length, about 2,000 km.

The Mamoré flows out of the eastern ranges of the central Andes and crosses savannahs and savannah forests on the plains of Bolivia. There are rapids downstream. High water (as high as 8 m where the Guaporé River flows into the Mamoré) and flooding take place from February to April. The river is navigable for small ships to the city of Guajaré Mirim.

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