Tapajós
The Tapajós is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately 2,080 km long.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Pará, Brazil
- Also known as: “Río Tajajós”, “Rio Tapajos”, “Río Tapajos”, “Rio Tapajos (suba sa Brasil)”, “Rio Tapajos (vattendrag i Brasilien)”, “Rio Tapajóz”, “Rivero Tapajós”, “Sông Tapajos”, “Sông Tapajós”, “Tapájos”, “Tapajós River”, “Tapajosi jõgi”, “Tapajósi jõgi”, “Tapajoz”, “Topayos”, “Рио Тапажос”, “ריו טפז’וס”, and “تاباجوس”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santarém.
Tapajós
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Pará, North, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-2.40904° or 2° 24′ 33″ south
Longitude
-54.72402° or 54° 43′ 27″ west
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
6897H7RG+99
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Tapajós” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rio Tapajós”
- Arabic: “نهر تاباجوس”
- Armenian: “Տապաժոս”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tapajós”
- Azerbaijani: “Tapajos çayı”
- Basque: “Tapajós”
- Belarusian: “Тапажос”
- Bulgarian: “Тапажос”
- Catalan: “riu Tapajós”
- Catalan: “Riu Tapajós”
- Cebuano: “Rio Tapajós”
- Chinese: “塔帕若斯河”
- Chuvash: “Тапажос”
- Croatian: “Tapajós”
- Czech: “Tapajós”
- Dutch: “Tapajós”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تاباجوس”
- Esperanto: “Tapajozo”
- Estonian: “Tapajós”
- French: “rio Tapajós”
- French: “Rio Tapajós”
- German: “Rio Tapajós”
- Hebrew: “טפז’וס”
- Hungarian: “Tapajós”
- Ido: “Tapajós”
- Interlingua: “Fluvio Tapajós”
- Irish: “Tapajós”
- Italian: “Tapajós”
- Japanese: “タパジョース川”
- Kirghiz: “Тапажос”
- Korean: “타파조스강”
- Latin: “Tapajós”
- Latvian: “Tapažosa”
- Lithuanian: “Tapažosas”
- Macedonian: “Тапажос”
- Malagasy: “Rio Tapajós”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tapajós”
- Norwegian: “Tapajós”
- Ossetian: “Тапажос”
- Persian: “تاپاژوس”
- Polish: “Tapajós”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tapajós”
- Russian: “Тапажос”
- Saterfriesisch: “Rio Tapajós”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tapajós”
- Spanish: “Río Tapajós”
- Swedish: “Rio Tapajós”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำตาปาฌอส”
- Turkish: “Tapajós”
- Ukrainian: “Тапажос”
- Uzbek: “Tapajos”
- Venetian: “Fiume Tapajós”
- Vietnamese: “Tapajós”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹاپاجوس دریا”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Tapajós”.
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Liberdade and Prainha.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Santarem and Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport.
Pará: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Belém and Ilha do Marajó.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.