Apure River

The Apure River is a river of southwestern , formed by the confluence of the Sarare and Uribante near , in Venezuela, at, and flowing across the into the . It provides significant transportation in the area.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Venezuela
  • Also known as: Apure” and “Río Apure

Apure River

Latitude
7.61889° or 7° 37′ 8″ north
Longitude
-66.40557° or 66° 24′ 20″ west
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
67VMJH9V+HQ
Geo­Names ID
3649148
Wiki­data ID
Q853315
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Apure River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أَفُورَةُ
  • Arabic: نهر أفورة
  • Asturian: Ríu Apure
  • Belarusian: Апурэ
  • Belarusian: Рака Апурэ
  • Bengali: আপুরে নদী
  • Bulgarian: Апуре (река)
  • Bulgarian: Апуре
  • Catalan: Apure
  • Cebuano: Río Apure
  • Chinese: 阿普雷河
  • Croatian: Apure
  • Czech: Apure
  • Dutch: Apure River
  • Esperanto: Apure
  • Estonian: Apure jõgi
  • French: Rio Apure
  • French: río Apure
  • French: Río Apure
  • Georgian: აპურე
  • German: Apure
  • German: Rio Apure
  • German: Río Apure
  • Irish: Abhainn Apure
  • Italian: Apure
  • Japanese: アプレ川
  • Korean: 아푸레강
  • Lithuanian: Apurė
  • Lithuanian: Apūrė
  • Mingrelian: აპურე (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: აპურე
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Río Apure
  • Persian: رود آپوره
  • Polish: Apure
  • Portuguese: Rio Apure
  • Romanian: Apure
  • Russian: Апуре
  • Serbian: Apure
  • Serbian: Апуре
  • Serbo-Croatian: Apure
  • Slovenian: Apure
  • Slovenian: reka Apure
  • Slovenian: río Apure
  • South Azerbaijani: آپوره چایی
  • Spanish: Apure
  • Spanish: Rio Apure
  • Spanish: Río Apure
  • Turkish: Apure Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Апуре
  • Welsh: Afon Apure

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Apure River”. Photo: Fev, CC BY-SA 2.5.