Javari River

Javari River

Portuguese  Rio Javari,  Spanish  Río Yavarí,  

      river that rises on the border between Amazonas state, Brazil, and Loreto department, Peru. It flows northeast for 540 miles (870 km) to join the Amazon River near the Brazilian outpost of Benjamin Constant. The river follows a winding course through unbroken tropical rain forest in which there are only a few very small riverbank clearings. It is navigable for launches almost to its source. The old Brazilian spelling was Javary.

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